With his two hats, as small-scaled olive farmer and olive oil producer and NOVATERRA consortium member, Athanasios Demeslis offers valuable insights about the difficulties and obstacles faced by end users…
In a recent interview, Maria Torné, who leads the testing and development of new alternative plant protection products (PPPs) for NOVATERRA, discusses the development of bio-solutions for grapevine and olive…
Farming vineyards on mountains is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about which wine one is going to try next. Yet, mountain wine regions are an…
In the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), NOVATERRA’s objectives will make considerable contributions to GBF targets 7, 10, 11, and 21. The updated GBF has been negotiated under the United…
WP1 is about providing a “comprehensive initial diagnosis for a holistic picture of the contentious pesticides, use-impact and alternatives’ acceptance”. Led by Vitagora, the WP team worked on an initial market assessment on…
As part of the WP1 scope, the NOVATERRA consortium has developed a multi stakeholders’ network including around 45 stakeholders from different backgrounds (researchers, end-users, agriculture chambers, industrial representatives) and countries.…
We want to wish all NOVATERRA partners a Happy New Year: we are looking forward to another year working together to reduce the use of pesticides in vineyards and olive…
The Portuguese production of olive oil should record a drop of up to 50% compared to the previous campaign. This is because production is affected by two main reasons: firstly,…
Since 2009, the European Union has made significant efforts to reduce the use of plant protection products (PPPs) in agriculture and to replace them with alternative solutions. Their environmental and…
The first face-to-face General Assembly of NOVATERRA will take place in Braçança (Portugal) on October 24 & 25 and will embed the first Stakeholders Council, allowing partners to meet for the first time in person. At…
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.