Introduction of new oLIVE crop management
With the contribution of the LIFE + financial instrument of the European Union
In three different pilot areas in Greece olive cultivation practices are applied that contribute to:
Climate change mitigation
Adaptation to new climate conditions
The cultivation practices
The cultivation practices that take place in the framework of the oLIVE CLIMA project are:
so that organic matter can return to its groves by:
deriving from either the process of olive growing or olive oil production
from the atmosphere by plants through photosynthesis and “storage” in plant tissue and soil by:
These practices contribute to long-term “storage” of carbon dioxide in the soil in the form of an increasing percentage of organic matter, improving fertility (e.g. by better retention of water and fertilizers) and reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions.
The new cultivation practices are applied to each pilot area in both irrigated and arid conditions.
The effectiveness of the proposed practices in mitigating climate change, their impact on the production of fruit and oil and their viability in technical and economic terms are assessed through a program of samplings and measurements. Moreover, during the next 5 years, special mathematical models will be used to assess the proposed practices and compare them to conventional management practices.
A. Returing of waste water and sludge from olive mills to the parcel soil
B. Pruned wood chopping and spreading to the parcel soil
C. Composted organic materials
D. Adaptation of pruning
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