Meet Athanasios Demeslis, a dedicated olive farmer from the Greek region of Magnesia, and an active member of the NOVATERRA Consortium. His olive orchards serve as a vital testing ground…
A consortium of 23 international organisations has been researching, over the last four years, how to use more sustainable solutions without losing yield and quality.Trials have been carried out in…
Fran Garcia, a Researcher at the Unit of Agricultural Mechanization (UMA) at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), is actively involved in NOVATERRA, focusing on leveraging existing technologies and sensors…
When asked about the most significant challenge faced while working with NOVATERRA, Antonio Graça, Head of R&D at Sogrape, highlighted the development of robots for agricultural work. Rather than replacing…
Antonio Graça, head of Sogrape's research and development department and a member of the NOVATERRA consortium, recently discussed NOVATERRA's mission to enhance sustainability in wine and olive production. NOVATERRA distinguishes…
Antonio Graça, the Head of R&D at SOGRAPE, Portugal's largest wine company, renowned for its strong international presence spanning over 120 markets, provides insights into his role. His responsibility revolves…
From 17-20 July, SusTEC summer school explored the NOVATERRA project, focusing on the protection of vineyards and olive groves.
NOVATERRA, with its primary objective of developing alternative natural products, including biostimulants and biocontrol agents, aims to minimise the reliance on conventional plant protection products (PPPs) for combating powdery and…
Researchers from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) participated in a training session for farmers, where the main pests (olive fruit fly and olive moth) and the most important diseases…
One of the key objectives of NOVATERRA is to develop a DSS for managing pests and diseases. Within Work Package 3 of NOVATERRA a new DSS has been developed for peacock…
Integrated novel strategies for reducing the use and impact of pesticides, towards sustainable mediterranean vineyards and olive groves
The NOVATERRA project has received funding from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 grant agreement number 101000554.