GRAB - Groupe de Recherche en Agriculture Biologique: Handbook for designing & managing Agroforestry mixing fruits & vegetables

The demand for support in the creation of "market garden orchards (agroforestry associating fruit trees and vegetables). This is the result of a combination of factors: agricultural relocation, explosion of short circuits, production using organic methods or without phytosanitary inputs, limited land available... This kind of support requires sufficient technical data from the field, but it is very difficult to propose standard references for all market orchards.

Preliminary results concerning organic plums dehydration

The aim of this study was to determine the behaviour of five varieties of plums to the convective dehydration. The research summarizes the results of last two years. The plum trees cultivation has followed the rules and regulations of Organic Farming in the E. U. In order to find out the differences between the fruits organically cultivated and the fruits conventionally cultivated, as concern the dehydration process, two varieties of plums from both organic and conventional cultivation were analysed.

Webinar: “L’uso di cereali diversi da mais nell’alimentazione del suino pesante”

Si svolge mercoledì 11 dicembre 2024 alle  ore 15:00, in modalità webinar, una sessione pratica del progetto Feed Face Climate Change, progetto che mira ad aumentare le conoscenze sulle colture ad interesse zootecnico più resilienti al cambiamento climatico: si tratta di colture ad uso foraggero e mangimistico inserite in rotazioni sostenibili.

Welfare issues and potential solutions for laying hens in free range and organic production systems: A review based on literature and interviews

In free-range and organic production systems, hens can make choices according to their needs and desires, which is in accordance with welfare definitions. Nonetheless, health and behavioral problems are also encountered in these systems. The aim of this article was to identify welfare challenges observed in these production systems in the EU and the most promising solutions to overcome these challenges. It is based on a review of published literature and research projects complemented by interviews with experts.