Carbon market and agriculture
The debate on the EU agricultural policy in recent months has involved greenhouse gases (the infamous GHG, i.e. Green House Gas) and the contribution in terms of Carbon Sink (carbon storage) that agriculture…
How to manage the topsoil
Recent scientific knowledge has shown that it is necessary to reduce the disturbance of the soil and therefore the intensity and invasiveness of every single intervention. Today the farmer has at his disposal…
Waiting for genome Editing
Everyone is aware that the planet does not have unlimited resources, but few operate in a way congruent to this observation. Among the few, alas, we do not count those who matter. If…
Equal, fair… namely ISO
Lorenzo Benvenuti In 1947 a group of delegates from 25 countries founded an international organization for standardization in Geneva and chose a Greek word to identify themselves, Ισως, that is ISO which means…
Climate change and arounds
Mechanization can make a significant contribution to improve the sustainability of arable crops if we dare to make innovative choices. by Lorenzo Benvenuti The word sustainability is today one of the pillars…
Weed control in horticulture
Weeding is an operation affecting the whole production cycle and it is so important that extensive farming is still today classified on the basis of the possibilities to carry out this task. let’s…
A proper place for vegetables
The transplanter is undoubtedly the most representative technology of horticulture. Its implementation in the production cycle has provided this fundamental sector of italian agriculture with a considerably wider and broader perspective. Transplanting,…
