Environmental sustainability and high productivity: can they coexist in modern intensive orchards?
The final Workshop of the DREAM project will address how agroecology practices such as crop consociation, deficit irrigation and Integrated pest and pollination management represent viable solutions to improve orchard productivity and quality of the production as well as bringing other key benefits such as increase in wild pollinators, predators and soil fertility.
The first DREAM open-day in Bologna!
The first open day of the DREAM experimental orchard in Bologna was held on 21 May. During the morning, the data collected during the first year of the experimental trial were presented. After an introduction to the project by Prof. Brunella Morandi, plant physiology (Dr. Melissa Venturi), insect biodiversity (Dr. Francesco Lami) and cover crops…
