CICS 11
Environmental service clarifications including technical equipment optimization and investment
Topic
Ecosystem functions
Country
Italy
Responsible
RSR – Rete Semi Rurali
Objectives:
Eliminate silage from the production system to reduce plastic, fuel costs, and contractors’ costs, increase the health of the herd, and enter the “latte fieno” (milk from hey) value-chain
CICS 11 is a network of seven Italian organic farms: 4 farms are located in the Po valley in Northern Italy, and 3 farms are in central Italy. They share common features: Organic certified; they use intercrops to enhance their agro-ecological practices; they support short or closed value-chain, they are members of networks, and finally, they have experience with multi-actor research projects and dissemination/training events
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Updates from
the CICS 11:
Learning from the experience of seven organic farms practicing intercropping in Italy
Intercropping can offer many potential advantages over single stand cropping systems when applied in organic farming: it optimizes the management of resources, increases agricultural biodiversity, allows better weed control, preserves the fertility of the soil and...
VIDEO RELEASE: introducing intercropping and intercropVALUES, from our Bonn meeting
As European projects want to bridge the gap between research and the general public, videos are a good tool to show people what the aim of the research is, why it is relevant, how the results can change people's lives, and how European project partners organise all...
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CICS 03 uk
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CICS 04 france
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CICS 05 germany
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CICS 06 greece
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CICS 07 reunion
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CICS 08 spain
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CICS 09 serbia
Added final product value with prototypes and operational solutions
CICS 10 france (west)
Local/regional values chains, up to national to bring out other groups in FNCUMA network
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Environmental service clarifications including technical equipment optimization and investment
CICS 12 mozambique
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CICS 13 switzerland
Each value chain actor needs to experience benefit from intercropping strategies
