THE PROJECT
OPTIMIZATION OF SEEDING PRACTICES
The SODOSOST project - Optimization of no-till seeding practices in durum wheat to improve the sustainability of Apulian cereal farming - was financed within the framework of the public call for applications for support under Measure 16.2 and 2, which supports the implementation of pilot projects and the development of new products, practices, processes, and technologies in the agri-food and forestry sectors, as well as the transfer and dissemination of results obtained by Operational Groups. The project was granted aid under the Public Notice approved with D.A.G. no. 194 of 12/09/2018, published in B.U.R.P. no. 121 of 20/09/2018, which provides a total contribution of €460,700.00 against an overall eligible expenditure of €460,700.00. Apulia is the main Italian region in cereal cultivation with 411,575 hectares dedicated to it. The production, amounting to approximately 1.5 million tons, is particularly focused on durum wheat, oats, and other minor cereals (ISTAT).
THE INNOVATIONS
The innovations developed by the project will be easily transferable to the productive world and could generate significant effects even in the short term.
Cultivation protocols for durum wheat under no-till conditions.
Use of autochthonous plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB).
Introduction of formulations with low or zero environmental impact.
THE OBJECTIVES
Conservation agriculture and no-till seeding, in particular, are cultivation systems with the potential to minimize environmental impact while simultaneously providing an important service in the fight against climate change.
IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF N AND P NUTRIENT USE
in order to reduce the use of fertilizers
EFFECTIVENESS AND PERSISTENCE OF INERT POWDERS
for the control of pest insects
INNOVATIVE PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEFENCE
experimentation of innovative and sustainable formulations with fungidal action
RESULTS
The innovations developed by the project will be easily transferable to the production world and can generate significant effects even in a short time.
ECONOMY
- Cost reduction in production
- Enhancement of selling price
- Improvement in companies' profitability
- Enhancement of selling price
- Improvement in companies' profitability
ENVIRONMENT
- Increase in soil organic matter
- Reduction in environmental footprint
- Decrease in fossil fuel consumption
- Reduction in environmental footprint
- Decrease in fossil fuel consumption
PRODUCTION
- Reduction of production costs
- Expansion of cultivated area
- Expansion of cultivated area
NEWS AND EVENTI
SODOSOST PROJECT LABORATORY VISIT
SODOSOST PROJECT DEMONSTRATION VISITS
