On May 30, 2022, from the UNIBO and RER, organized the roadshow as part of the CONSOLE project.
The Roadshow started with a presentation by Giampietro Sabbatani, director of the host farm CAB Massari, a cooperative which is currently engaged with a wide range of agri-climate-environmental measures and with investment measures for environmental objectives of rural development.
Then, the main results of the CONSOLE project have been presented by the University of Bologna.
At the end of the presentations, a guided tour took place to show some ecological elements and practices (hedges, set aside for environmental scope, etc..); in particular, the following activities were illustrated:
- no productive agricultural land like wetlands and other characteristic elements of the agricultural landscape such as groves and hedges, situated, since the 90s, among the cultivated fields, to separate organic production from conventional or integrated production;
- combination of organic beet crops and mustard crops;
- mowing grass to protect insects but also the production in the organic orchards;
- Dairy cattle feeding without silage;
- production of organic fertilizers by recycling effluents and dedicate crops with biodigester.
During the buffet lunch, advantages and criticalities related to the interventions illustrated have been discussed.
Figure 1. The presentation a cooperative reality by the director of the host farm CAB Massari
- Figure 1. The presentation a cooperative reality by the director of the host farm CAB Massari
- Figure 2. The presentation of the main results of the CONSOLE project by the UNIBO (prof. Davide Viaggi, dr. Stefano Targetti and RER (dr. Gianfranco De Geronimo)
- Figure 3. The consociation between organic beet crops and mustard crops
- Figure 4. The wetlands and the characteristic features of the agricultural landscape such as groves and hedges
The Roadshow opened with a presentation given by the director of the host farm CAB Massari. The latter is a cooperative currently engaging a large proportion of agricultural area in several agri-climate-environmental measures of rural development and investment measures for environmental objectives. Successively, the University of Bologna presented some of the main results of the CONSOLE project. Afterwards, a guided tour took place with the aim to show some activities and ecological endowments of the farm. The following activities were illustrated: the wetlands and the characteristic features of the agricultural landscape, such as groves and hedges that, since the 1990s, separate organic productions from conventional and/or integrated areas; the consociation between organic beet crops and mustard crops; organic orchards and organic farming; the production of organic milk without the use of silage. The event ended with a lunch that was an opportunity to discuss advantages and criticalities related to the illustrated interventions.
Progetto CONSOLE e buone pratiche in aziende aderenti all’agroambiente e alla produzione biologica del PSR 2014-2020 🇮🇹
Il Roadshow è iniziato con la presentazione della realtà aziendale ospitante, quella della CAB Massari, che aderisce su vaste superfici alle diverse misure agro-climatico-ambientali di sviluppo rurale. Dopo la presentazione dell’Università di Bologna dei principali risultati del progetto CONSOLE, si è svolta una visita guidata volta a mostrare alcune attività e dotazioni ecologiche della cooperativa. In particolare, sono stati illustrati: le zone umide e gli elementi caratteristici del paesaggio agrario quali boschetti e siepi presenti tra i campi coltivati già dagli anni ’90 separando le produzioni biologiche da superfici convenzionali e/o ad integrato; le coltivazioni biologiche di barbabietola associate a coltivazioni di senape; i frutteti biologici e l’allevamento biologico che dal 2021 vanta una produzione di latte fieno Bio, escludendo l’uso di foraggi insilati. Durante il rinfresco presso l’Agriturismo CAB Massari si è discusso dei vantaggi e delle criticità legate agli interventi illustrati.
