{"id":29623,"date":"2023-04-25T15:12:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T14:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=29623"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:12:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T14:12:48","slug":"wines-potential-to-drive-green-deal-goals-and-the-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wines-potential-to-drive-green-deal-goals-and-the-circular-economy\/29623\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine\u2019s potential to drive Green Deal goals and the circular economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
AVIPE is a grapevine growers association located in Portugal\u2019s Peninsula de Set\u00fabal wine region. The main activity it offers is on-field consultancy on vineyards, alongside support to farmers. AVIPE works with around 350 farmers covering an area of 4,000Ha of vineyards. Along with the management of a demo farm, it also participates in national and European projects to showcase new practices to farmers and develop trials.<\/p>\n
PRIMA is a European Union (EU) programme for Research and Innovation solutions in the Mediterranean region. It funds a variety of projects designed to support food systems and water resources in the Mediterranean basin and partner countries. AVIPE works closely with PRIMA on a number of projects.<\/p>\n
One such project is SUSMEDHOUSE<\/a>, which has the vision to increase greenhouse production quantity and quality by boosting overall efficiency by at least 20%, to develop new safer methods for pest and pathogen management; to efficiently use resources \u2013 especially energy, soil, and water \u2013 by optimising; to prevent eutrophication; to contribute to the circular economy in agriculture; to provide sustainability; and to create fully automated eco-friendly greenhouses with less intensive physical labour.<\/p>\n Another PRIMA project, REVINE<\/a>, intends to improve the biodiversity in the vineyards by using multiple approaches, including:<\/p>\n In this way, REVINE intends to valorise agricultural waste and to increase farmers\u2019 income, promoting the circular economy.<\/p>\n Another project supported by AVIPE is LIFE H2OLOCK. The main objective of the LIFE H2OLOCK project is to demonstrate a versatile and cost-efficient solution, specifically designed for medium-to-large agricultural water reservoirs, that will ensure water evaporation performance up to 85-90% (compared to 80% with existing solutions); the suppression of algae growth without the use of algicides (after 15-30 days of use); and the production of renewable energy for irrigation systems, meeting the water requirements of the reservoir while maximising power production.<\/p>\n Circular economy must work as a trigger to enhance relations between agro-food and industries.<\/p>\nImproving biodiversity in vineyards<\/h3>\n
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Sustainable water management in agricultural water reservoirs<\/h3>\n
Establishing a circular economy based on the agro-food sector<\/h3>\n