Anti-hail nets
Anti-hail nets are currently the only method of active protection effective against hail.
Borders and hedges
The maintenance or restoration of natural elements that delimit the edges of fields or the farms themselves aim to slow down the movements of water from the soil to bodies of water and reduce erosion caused by water and wind.
Wind-breakers
Windbreakers or living windbreakers or tree cover is usually made up of perennial trees or shrubs set out into “rows”, especially on windward boundaries with the aim of protecting crops from the wind.
Mycorrhizae
Mycorrhizae are mutual symbiotic associations (with reciprocal benefits) between fungi in the soil and the non-lignified roots of plants.
Use of manure
Stable or cowshed manure is obtained from the solid and liquid excrement of stabled animals, mixed with various other types of materials…
Reuse of green waste in fields
Green waste returns carbon and nutrients to the ground in a well-balanced way.
Reuse of wood chips in fields
Wood chips can be buried in the form of pruning scraps or woodchips to significantly increase the content of stable carbon in the ground.
Vermicompost
Vermicompost is the product of the decomposition process of organic matter using different types of worms including Eisenia fetida, Enchytraeus buchholzi, and other earthworms capable of transforming vegetable residues and food waste into soil improver.
Compost
Compost is an amendment that derives from the bio-oxidation and humification of a mixture of organic materials
Crop rotation
Rotation is the cultivation of different crops in the same field in successive growing seasons.
