Wine-making sustainable strategies and practices of adaptation to climate change

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The general objective of VITISAD project is the promotion of agronomic practices, which allow the adaptation to the climate change of the vineyard in the western area of the POCTEFA. For this purpose, we propose to assess such practices through conventional agronomic trials, but also in vineyard plots. In addition, the results will be transferred to the sectorial and administrative authorities for their potential inclusion in future strategies. It is expected to demonstrate and implement techniques that allow: (I) maintaining the quality of wines under the climate change conditions, and (ii) avoiding the environmental risks that may cause the future climatic conditions, such as soil erosion. One of the main results of the project will be the elaboration of a guide on sustainable crop management adapted to the new climatic conditions, taking into account the soil, the health of the vineyard and the plant material. Both winegrowers, wineries and the bodies responsible for defining policy making dealing with climate change will benefit from these results. The added value of carrying out this project in a cross-border territory is that many of the obtained results in one region can be transferred to others. On the other hand, the existing climate gradation will help to better understand the climatic phenomenon that affects us.

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