Viticulture in France (SPRINT Factsheet) (original) (raw)
{Tool}Viticulture in France (SPRINT Factsheet). [La viticulture en france : impacts de différentes stratégies de réduction des fongicides au niveau de l’exploitation.] Creator(s): Chivers, Charlotte-Anne; Meier, Claudia; Mark, Jennifer; Blockeel, Johan; Ineichen, Lorin; Blumenstein, Benjamin and Grovermann, Christian. Issuing Organisation(s): FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. (2024)
You will, amoungst other things, get general information about pesticide use in viticulture, hear an expert view on reducing fungicide reliance and get to know four proposed interventions:
Robust grape varieties,
Low residue strategy,
Foil coverage - to protect grapes from rain, which increases mildew risk, and
Organic conversion
EPrint Type:
Practice tool
Teaser:
Farm-level strategies for organic transition - fungicide reduction.
What problem does the tool address?:
Fungicides are the main pesticides used as French vineyards are highly susceptible to fungal diseases such as mildew.
What solution does the tool offer?:
This factsheet provides four country-specific interventions from the experiences of the project for France, based on farm surveys and expert interviews.
Country:
Switzerland
Type of Practice Tool:
Leaflets & guidelines
Keywords:
viticulture, grapes, varieties, resilience, plant protection, conversion to organic farming