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Promoting water efficiency and supporting the shift towards a climate resilient agriculture in Mediterranean countries (LIFE AgroClimaWater)
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,
Background
Large parts of southern Europe with low annual precipitation, including Mirabello and Platanias in Crete (Greece) and Metapontino in Basilicata (Italy) are expected to be hit particularly hard by climate change. In addition, these areas are also characterised by competing water uses, including agriculture as well as tourism in Crete and industr ...
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Introduction of new olive crop management practices focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation (oLIVE-CLIMA)
Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2017,
Background
Human activities contribute to increasing the level of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere by creating new sources of emissions or by removing natural sinks. Agriculture is generally considered to be a source of GHGs, but appropriate farming practices that enhance the capability of plants to capture GHGs and remove them from the atmosphere ...
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Establishment of Impact Assessment Procedure as a tool for the sustainability of agroecosystem: the case of mediterranean olives (SAGE10)
Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,
Background
Olive groves have been the backbone of the rural economy and ecology in Greece for thousands of years. However, farmers are increasingly abandoning olive groves due the decline in income from olive products, particularly olive oil.
The environmental risks of extensive olive grove abandonment are high. The demise of olive groves will have negat ...
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