Clim4Vitis is a three-year Horizon 2020 project funded by the European Union Research and Innovation programme nder the Grant Agreement number 810176. Clim4Vitis finds its framework within the Twinning instrument under the all topic: WIDESPREAD-05-2017.
It is coordinated by Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) (Portugal), with the support of Potsdam Institut fuer Klimafolgenforschung (PIK) (Germany), Universita degli studi di Firenze (UNIFI) (Italy), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) (Luxembourg) and Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI) (Portugal).
Clim4Vitis´s main objective is to strengthen and raise UTAD´s – and more specifically its research group CITAB´s – science and technology (S&T) capacity and performance in two main specific fields of research in viticulture & climate:
• Grapevine modelling;
• Methods and tools for assessing climate change impacts on European viticulture, in general, and on grapevine productivity, quality attributes and risk of diseases and pests in particular.
Clim4Vitis´ main objective will be achieved through the following specific objectives:
• Transfer knowledge and implement capacity building for the enhancement of S&T capacity
• Lay the foundations of Clim4Vitis´ long-term sustainability
• Increase the reputation, attractiveness and networking channels of UTAD and enhance the visibility of Clim4Vitis
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The stakeholder meeting “Climate change and viticulture: the role of UNIFI” has been held online on the 11th December 2020 involving several agronomists, oenologists and local winegrowers. The aim of the meeting, organized by UNIFI, was to strengthen the collaboration among researchers and Tuscan winegrowers for facing up the...
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Project VISCA is organising its ‘VISCA Final Conference’ on 15th December 2020. The aim of the conference is to present the results of the DSS demonstration and the agronomic techniques and how VISCA supports viticulturists in climate change adaptation. The conference will bring other potential users from different fields (agriculture, climate services, commercial...
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10 December 2020 | 15h00 – 17h00 The webinar “Challenges to decision making in vitiviniculture in the face of climate change – perspective” will take place on December 10, between 3 pm and 5 pm sector in search of solutions”, organized under the INFRAVINI project Adapting to climate change...
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