GREEN VINEYARD - "Environmental Optimization of Viticulture with the use of Precision Agriculture Technologies"

Project information
In the light of the real need to practically improve the environmental performance of viticulture and prevent the misuse of pesticide and chemical fertilizers, soil erosion and their effects on water quality, the overall aim of GREEN VINEYARD is to develop an innovative approach that integrates precision agriculture (PA) technologies and Integrated Crop Management (ICM) practices in order to protect natural resources and sustain a profitable future for grape and wine production.GREEN VINEYARD envisages enhancing the role of ICM through the use of PA for targeting inputs according to the actual needs of crops. This will be achieved with the selection, adaption and deployment of information and telecommunication technologies (ICT) for monitoring the local crop environment (soil, water, crop and air).The main expected result from the implementation of GREEN VINEYARD is to encourage growers to use the latest information and technology available in all aspects of grape production, to produce high-quality products in an environmental friendly way and set the viticulture/ wine industry on the path to sustainable agriculture.GREEN VINEYARD offers new eco-innovative solutions on viticulture management specifically and sustainable agriculture in general. The proposed solution will reduce the environmental pressure of existing viticulture practices to natural resources, while it is expected to improve the quality of grapes (especially for wine-making), contributing thus to increased quality for wine; a greek product with large (and partially unexploited) export potential.
Project results: 
GREEN VINEYARD will be implemented through seven strongly interrelated work packages (WP1-WP7) within a period of 36 months. WPs 1-4 correspond to core research activities, WP5 to demonstration, WP7 to business planning and IPR Management and WP8 to project management activities respectively.
Project partners: 
AUTH - VITI
CERETH
AgroSpeCom Ltd
Pavlidis Estate
TELESTO TEXHNOLOGIES Ltd
Project dates: 
October 2016
Contact
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Contact organisation: 
Telesto Technologies
Funding
Funding agency: 
General Secretariat for Research & Technology
Grant: 
k€114