PEI-AGRI

Harmonious Viticulture: sustainability principles in Piedmont wine area

Obiettivi
Objectives

The main objective is to increase the wine prduction process sustainability through the cooperation between farmers, research sector and advisors. This proposal defines a shared and sustainability-oriented model for the vineyard management process. This model concerns every aspect that has a potential impact on water resources, focusing on defense (carried out on the information provided by a Decision Support System – vite.net®). This model aims also at measuring the impact on water resources, defining a sustainability certification that could add market value for the involved wineries.
 

Activities

The project aims to increase sustainability in wine-growing practices, through cooperation between winegrowers in different areas;  a shared model of vineyard management oriented towards "sustainability"is the focus; the impacts on the water, caused by the treatments, are analyzed with attention and the project proposes the use of DSS vite.net to limit them. The model intends to stimulate innovation of the sector and measure the effects on the environment to translate them into a certification of sustainability; the aim is to enhance the final product and consolidate virtuous practices for the reduction of impacts, also through application of territorial guidelines and product specifications.
 

Context

Pilot companies come from a productive sector characterized by a clear fragmentation and by a small average extension (about 10 ha), where more than a quarter of the companies conducts less than 1 ha and most of them (63%) conducts less than 5 ha. This fragmentation causes a limited financial capacity and difficulties in the communication between research sector and beneficiaries (farmers), who have to face the complexity of agronomic factors linked to disease restraint. This proposal will provide free access to DSS vite.net for the partner farmers. Traditionally, monitoring process aimed at define the best intervention timing is based on direct observation of phenological and weather parameters. Today, farmers can rely on innovative decision support systems (DSS) that can help them to make decisions based on scientific evidences and to confront the complex vineyard management process (on principles of integrated management, thus reducing environmental and health impact)
 

Partenariato
Ruolo
Leader
Name
Consorzio di Tutela Vini e Colli Tortonesi
Action manager
Gian Paolo Repetto
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Josetta Saffirio di Sara Vezza
Action manager
Sara Vezza
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Action manager
Maura Calliera
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
DESAM Ingegneria e Ambiente srl
Action manager
Maria Dei Svaldi
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Professione Consulenti srl
Action manager
Daniele Borri
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Anadiag Italia srl
Action manager
Stefano Bergaglio
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
ANT-NET S.r.l.
Action manager
Matteo Monchiero
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
VASSALLO DELFINO & P. SRL
Action manager
Emanuela Vassallo
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
VALLI UNITE Soc. Coop. Arg.
Action manager
Alessandro Poretti
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Azienda agricola Cascina Gentile di Oddone Daniele
Action manager
Daniele Oddone
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Cantina Sociale Tortona
Action manager
Antonino Casalinuovo
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Azienda Agricola Mandirola
Action manager
Enrico Mandirola
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Azienda Agricola Battegazzore
Action manager
Bruno Battegazzore
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Tenuta Fornace Società Agricola A R.L.
Action manager
Andrea Rossi
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Azienda Agricola Gian Paolo Repetto
Action manager
Gianpaolo Repetto
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Azienda Agricola Germano Ettore di Sergio Germano
Action manager
Sergio Germano
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Azienda Agricola Monchiero Carbone
Action manager
Francesco Monchiero
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Cascina I Carpini Azienda Agricola SNC
Action manager
Paolo Carlo Ghislandi
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Giacomo Barbero Azienda Agricola
Action manager
Giacomo Barbero
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Azienda Agricola Terrabianca Società Semplica Agricola di Alpiste Federico e Andrea
Action manager
Andrea Alpiste
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
HORTA s.r.l.
Action manager
Giuseppe Piacentino
@email
Pratice abstract
Description

Introducing a Decision Support System in the defense strategies management process. The DSS, thanks to a disease onset risk evaluation, enables to rationalize intervention timing and (in case of risk low) to choose non-chemicals alternatives to agrochemicals , to reduce the amount of copper distributed and to reduce the number of machinery intervention, thus enhancing soil quality.
 

Description

Introducing new evaluation methodologies concerning the disease onset risk and the expected effectiveness of agrochemical interventions, thanks to a mobile app