Viaggio nella filiera: nuove rotazioni, suolo coperto e colture (sempre meno) minori.
Viaggio nella filiera: nuove rotazioni, suolo coperto e colture (sempre meno) minori.
Two days of training on virtuous agronomic management practices, "minor" crops, and the supply chain as a market tool to facilitate and enhance regenerative farm management.
The course will be taught by Andrea Fasolo (PhD and farmer with a focus on soil fertility and no-till cropping, ground covers and rotations, the kind of person who combines a deep practical experience with the skills of great communicators), Tommaso Gaifami (involved in coordinating and planning farm and supply chain transitions in different territories across Northern Italy), Maurizio Gritta (president of the IRIS agricultural cooperative, a pioneering entity and national point of reference for organic production and processing).
Agenda
Day 1 (focus on crops)
- 8.30-9.00 Participants’ registration
- 9.00-11.00 Introduction: the importance of valorising a high-value agricultural product
- 11.00-11.30 Coffee break
- 11.30-13.00 Agroecological practices to maximize soil health and crop quality
- 13.00-14.30 Lunch
- 14.30-16.30 Minor crops: millet, flax, buckwheat. Agronomic and economic opportunities
- 16.30-16.45 Coffee break
- 16.45-18.00 Visit to fields and company experiments: rotations, intercropping, mechanization, etc.
Day 2 (focus on supply chain)
- 9.00-11.00 The importance of crop rotations: challenges and opportunities
- 11.00-11.30 Coffee break
- 11.30-13.00 The supply chain as a tool to enhance the product and facilitate correct agronomic management (rotations, commercial outlet for alternative crops, risk diversification and more)
- 13.00-14.30 Lunch
- 14.30-16.30 Creation of an aggregation center and initial processing of the product: the practical experience of a farmer
- 16.30-16.45 Coffee break
- 16.45-18.00 A concrete example of a short supply chain / product valorisation: visit to the Iris pasta factory
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