Piedmont
General information
| Name of region | Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy |
| Global Environmental Zone(s) (Metzger) | K. Warm temperate and mesic |
| Population density (persons per km2) | |
| Contact (general) | Claudio Cassardo |
| Contact (ag. scenarios) | Marco Bindi |
| Location (NUTS code) | ITC1 |
| Dominant regional farming system(s) (SEAMLESS nomenclature) |
Arable/cereal and mixed farming |
| The three most important farming systems in region (SEAMLESS nomenclature) |
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| Main crop species | |
| Main livestock species |
Regional development goal in rural spatial planning
Specific issues the region deals with/will deal with
Crops, vineyard, fruit trees, rice paddy and cereals production.
Regional challenges with regard to climate change
Water resources, phytopatological diseases, crop prodution and quality, heatwaves and natural hazards, abiotica risks, agronomical practices
Proposed solutions to overcome the challenges
Contribution to answering the focus question
Our case study will contrbute to give some answers regarding the vineyard modellization . The main aim is to mantain an adeguate production level and to rationalize the resources, with particular reference to the following topics Water resources, phytopatological diseases, crop prodution and quality, mitigation ad adaptation to heatwaves and natural hazards, abiotica risks and optimization of agronomical practices also in order to improve the carbon balance.
Important adaptation measures that are or will be considered in the study
| Water management | is important to this region AND is/will be included in the modelling exercise. |
| Irrigation | is important to this region. |
| Drainage | |
| Species/varietal choice | is important to this region. |
| Plant breeding | |
| Changed planting/sowing days | is important to this region. |
| Crop rotations | is important to this region. |
| Alternative tillage methods | is important to this region. |
| Pest/weed management | is important to this region AND is/will be included in the modelling exercise. |
| Housing of livestock | |
| Land consolidation | is important to this region. |
| Management of feeding and reproduction of livestock | |
| Structure and scale of production adjustment | is important to this region. |
| Crop insurance | is important to this region. |
| Exit from agriculture | |
| Climate alertness | is important to this region AND is/will be included in the modelling exercise. |
| Political regulations at various administrative levels | is important to this region. |
| Others | |
Models, stakeholders, advancement of knowledge
| Socio-economy | Crops | Grassland | Livestock |
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| None | UTOPIALakso and PoniBiometeorological and Phenological models (Failla, Mariani) Input: micrometeorological data from regional networks and individual stations and field (vegetation and solil data), collected during recent case studies and local databases to be selected. | None | None |
| How are results of of crop and livestock models assimilated in socio-economic models? | How is technological progress in arable agriculture taken into account? | How is technological progress in livestock farming taken into account? | |
Participating stakeholders
| Agro-business or agro-food chain | Administrative bodies or regional or national governments |
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| n. 10 Consortia of wine producers of Piedmont region and Piedmont Cantine sociali (wineries)Terre da Vino - www.terredavino.it Vignaioli Piemontesi Scarl - www.vignaioli.it | Piedmont Plant disease and Agrometeorological Service Federico Spanna. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Tenuta Cannona www.tenutacannona.itItalian Association of Agrometeorologywww.agrometeorologia.it, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Approaches for involving stakeholders | |
Improvement of the modelling capability by involving stakeholders
| How did the modelling capability improve by involving stakeholders? | Effect of the involvement of stakeholders on the questions asked, on the assessment, or on the solutions suggested |
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| Points that researchers learned from stakeholders | Points that stakeholders learned from researchers |
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