project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group

Renewal crops valorization in Tuscany to tackle up the future climatic changes (VARITOSCAN-Clima)
Valorizzazione delle colture da rinnovo in ambienti toscani in previsione dei futuri cambiamenti climatici (VARITOSCAN-Clima)

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Completed | 2019 - 2021 Italy
Completed | 2019 - 2021 Italy
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Kontext

The profitability of farms in marginal areas is severely tested both for the increasingly globalized market trends and for the problems associated with extreme weather events that are now for several years they are manifesting more and more frequently. In fact, for some time now we have been witnessing an irreversible simplification and specialization of production systems that result in monoculture phenomena that are rarely alternated with crops, renewal or set-aside crops, also due to the lack of profitable renewal crops. This causes a depletion of soil fertility, a strong reduction in Organic Matter and field water capacity, therefore a consistent and necessary use of energy inputs external (fertilizers, herbicides, etc.). It is therefore necessary to try to develop innovative supply chains based on agronomic practices and sustainable transformation processes both from an environmental point of view and technology, able to enter the markets and guarantee income stability for farmers. An agriculture oriented to the maintenance and restoration of the natural fertility of the soil and using rotations with varieties adapted to the cultivation environments can provide, besides income and high quality products for the consumers, a series of advantages for the surrounding environment. The use of varieties resilient to climate change and adapted to the pedoclimatic conditions of a certain area of ​​cultivation would represent a fundamental resource for those low-input agriculture models such as biological and biodynamic, which could be developed and economically profitable even in marginal areas.

Objectives

The aim of the OG is the implementation of a Pilot Project for the identification of varieties / populations of maize and millet adapted to Tuscan pedoclimatic environments and the development of a low-input agronomic management model that reduces the necessary water supply to these crops and conserve soil fertility. The product obtained will also be characterized by high nutraceutical-organoleptic qualities and characterized by a strong territorial link, a combination that will allow the insertion of specific niches in the national and international agri-food sector

Objectives

Obiettivo del GO è l'attuazione di un Progetto Pilota per l’individuazione di varietà/popolazioni di mais e miglio adattate agli ambienti pedoclimatici toscani e la messa a punto di un modello di gestione agronomica di tipo low input che riduca l’apporto idrico necessario a tali coltivazioni e conservi la fertilità del suolo. Il prodotto ottenuto sarà inoltre caratterizzato da elevate qualità nutraceutiche-organolettiche e connotato da un forte legame territoriale, binomio che permetterà l’inserimento in nicchie di mercato apposite nel settore agroalimentare nazionale ed internazionale

Activities

- identification of: best variety / population for each cultivation area; best agronomic practices for the conservation of soil fertility and for the limited and efficient use of water resources;
- definition of an agronomic production protocol;
- nutraceutical characterization of grains based on the genotype and its interaction with the growing environment;
- evaluation in the third year of the best accessions to start a breeding program for the selection of populations adapted to different environments of cultivation and resilient towards future climate changes;
- dissemination of results and training

Activities

- identificazione di: varietà/popolazione migliori per ciascun areale di coltivazione; migliori pratiche agronomiche per la conservazione della fertilità del suolo e per l’utilizzo limitato ed efficiente delle risorse idriche;
- definizione di un protocollo agronomico di produzione;
- caratterizzazione nutraceutica delle granelle in base al genotipo e alla sua interazione con l’ambiente di coltivazione;
- valutazione al terzo anno delle accessioni migliori ai fini dell’avvio di un programma di breeding per la selezione di popolazioni adattate ai diversi ambienti di coltivazione e resilienti verso i cambiamenti climatici futuri;
- disseminazione dei risultati e formazione

Project details
Main funding source
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
Rural Development Programme
2014IT06RDRP010 Italy - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Toscana
Ort
Main geographical location
Pisa
Other geographical location
Lucca, Grosseto

EUR 360370.6

Total budget

Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.

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