Date: Monday, 24 June 2024
Time: 17:30 - 18:30 CEST
Session code 2AV.5
Environmental assessment of bioenergy and biobased systems
Subsurface Water Retention System for Industrial Crop Sustainable Production. Results from Guayule
Short Introductive summary
Agricultural activities depend heavily on irrigation in arid and semi-arid climates, which are one of the most water-limited areas, reducing agricultural productivity. As the climate changes, the lack of precipitation is expected to aggravate in these areas, requiring careful management of water use. Subsurface water retention technology (SWRT) may hold promise as a management tool to save water use and improve crop drought resistance. CREA (Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing) has developed a machinery that creates SWRT systems in a single pass and its performance was tested for performance in sandy soil. Furthermore, a parallel experiment was performed in Spain to test the efficacy of that system on Gauyule (Parthenium argentatum) crop used for producing rubber.
Presenter
Simone BERGONZOLI
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, CREA-IT
Presenter's biography
Agronomist, PhD in agricultural engineering I work since 2010 at CREA dealing with crop harvesting, biomass feedstock, energy crops and agroforestry
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Co-authors:
L. Pari, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Monterotondo, ITALY
L. Cozzolino, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Monterotondo, ITALY
S. Lazar, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Monterotondo, ITALY
Session reference: 2AV.5.7