MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH
CENTER
Polytechnic Institute
of Bragança
FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.
Deficit irrigation on olive orchards at Terra Quente Transmontana region to preserve water resources and increase olive oil production and quality
- Project Type
- Nacional / Público
- Financial Program
- PRODER - Medida 4.1
- IPB Funding Value
- 83039.87 €
- Type of project
- Research Project
- Principal Investigator
- Arlindo Castro Ferreira de Almeida
- Start
- 2012-01-01
- End
- 2015-04-04
- Description
- The deficit irrigation (RD) is considered essential for a sustainable olive growing in the Vilariça Valley (Trás-os-Montes) region where water is a scarce factor. We intend to implement different strategies for deficit irrigation in order to identify an irrigation strategy allowing better efficiency of water use. Related aspects are studied, like the different strategies influence on the mechanical harvesting performance and the potential risk of soil erosion. Olive oil quality is studied. Five treatments are installed.
Project Team
-
Arlindo Castro Ferreira de Almeida
Felícia Maria da Silva Fonseca
Tomás D' Aquino Freitas Rosa de Figueiredo
Project Partners
- ICETA- Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Universidade do Porto
- UE - Universidade de Évora
- UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
- Viaz-Produção e comercialização de Vinhos e Azeites, Lda.