Introduction of new olive crop management practices focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation (LIFE oLIVE-CLIMA)
Description:
The main aim of the oLIVE-CLIMA project is to promote the introduction of new cultivation practices for tree crops as a cost-effective means of mitigating and adapting to climate change. Olive-producing areas in Greece will be selected to investigate their potential to increase carbon sequestration by soils, to reduce GHG emissions, and to test three different socio-economic situations currently prevalent in Greece farms: from more traditional farming to innovative environmentally sensitive farming.
Project information
Lead
Eutychia KIVRAKIDOU Development Agency of Eastern Thessaloniki's Local Authorities, ANATOLIKI SA
Partners
National Agricultural Research Foundation-Institute for Olive Tree & Subtropical Plants of Chania (Crete, Greece)); Greece National Agricultural Research Foundation-Soil Science Institute of Athens; Greece National Agricultural Research Foundation-Land Reclamation Institute (Thessaloniki, Greece); Dipartimento Di Scienze dei Sistemi Colturali, Forestali e dell'Ambiente (Potenza, Italy); RodaxAgro Ltd Environment & Quality (Athens, Greece); Agriculture Press Publishing Company (AGROTYPOS) S.A. (Amaroussion, Greece); NILEAS-Agricultural Cooperative for Standardized Products-Nestor (Messinia, Greece); Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Peza (Crete, Greece); Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Mirabello (Crete, Greece)
Source of funding
LIFE11 ENV/GR/000942, Total budget 3,649,373.00 €, EU funding 1,822,436.00 €
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Published in Climate-ADAPT Oct 18 2016 - Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Dec 12 2023