Title: SOiLUTION SYSTEM -

Call: PSR Regione Veneto 2014-2020 DGR n.736 del 28/05/2018  Misura 16 COOPERAZIONE  - Operazione  16.1.1 e 16.2.1

Coordinator: Coffele Alberto Azienda Agricola

Duration: From 4/19/2019 to 12/31/2021(34 months)

Total budget: € 447.700,00

TESAF Budget: € 62.240,52

Responsible Scientific Officer/Investigator: Paolo Tarolli

Team: Prof. Paolo Tarolli, Prof. Andrea Pitacco (DAFNAE)

Brief description: SOiLUTION SYSTEM aims at developing an integrated system of technologies and management approaches, environmentally and economically sustainable, to reduce soil erosion and improve soil in steepslope vineyards where hydro-geological risk is high. Innovative tools for topographical survey will be used, along with new instruments to monitor precipitation erosivity. Newly-designed, low-impact tractors will be developed to cultivate steep-slope vineyards, and innovative technologies to manage and consolidate terraced vineyards. Overall sustainability of the approach will be evaluated and improved. Principal results will be:

• enhancement of environmental sustainability of vineyards agroecosystems in hilly and mountain landscapes, with special focus on the reduction of soil erosion risk;
• minimization of the impact of cultivation practices, by the development of innovative technical solutions and tractors which will reduce soil load and compaction;
• introduction of conservation techniques - sustainable and low-cost - for traditional artifacts aimed at reducing soil erosion;
• development of an integrated management approach to combine production targets of farmers with preservation of environment and landscape.

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