Project VINO's results at the event by Coldiretti

Prof. Graziano Rossi, scientific coordinator of the Flagship Project VINO, was invited to the event “The future of rice begins with water – Agriculture and climate change: strategies for sustainable development,” held in the Aula Magna of the University of Pavia on November 3. Speakers included Silvia Garavaglia, Gianfranco Comincioli, and Ettore Prandini—presidents of Coldiretti Pavia, Lombardia, and the national organization, respectively—Andrea Beduschi, Regional Councillor for Agriculture of Lombardy, and Andrea Giuliacci, a well-known meteorologist.

Prof. Rossi spoke about the challenge of continuing to cultivate vines in areas of the Oltrepò Pavese that are particularly affected by climate change—an issue central to his research in the VINO project—focusing on cover crops and on possible alternative crops to vines, such as olive trees. He also had the opportunity to show an under-vine mulching machine through a video filmed at the project’s VINO pilot research sites.

He also presented the cascade-call projects OLIOP (a project that laid the foundations for a possible olive-oil supply chain in the Oltrepò Pavese) and APNR (the Pinot Noir Academy in the Oltrepò Pavese), in which he was involved as a specialist consultant.

The research and innovation activities of the projects funded by Spoke 6 VINO, OLIOP, and APNR have created solid foundations and partnerships that continue beyond NODES. On Tuesday, November 4, at the Enoteca Regionale della Lombardia (Broni, PV), the information initiative “OLIOLTREPO” was held— a free event to highligth main results, with the aim of bringing farmers, consumers, and all citizens closer to the research and expertise developed in recent years.