Regenerative agriculture, an innovative project by young people from Confagri and xFarm
Thirty-two selected farms will be equipped with the Hubfarm platform developed to collect, manage and share agronomic information, so as to test guidelines for each production area
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A three-year regenerative agriculture project with the aim of creating guidelines and protocols shared at a national and territorial level in the arable, rice and fruit (olive and viticulture) sectors. It is an initiative of the young people of Confagricoltura - Anga and xFarm Technologies, with the support of dss+, an expert consultancy company in the sector.
The objective is to test and evaluate the effectiveness of the practices of this agricultural land management system - an approach of rehabilitating and preserving the vital functions of the soil and in particular the organic substance of its surface layer by limiting the use of chemicals - and then to define guidelines with respect to their implementation in the various production areas.
At the basis of the selection of the 32 farms that will take part in the trial, a questionnaire was sent out at the beginning of 2024 to the more than 900 Anga members, created together with dss+ and aimed at framing the member farms from a structural and organisational as well as agronomic point of view. The selected farms will be equipped with the Hubfarm platform, developed by Confagricoltura in collaboration with xFarm Technologies and created to collect, manage and share agronomic information and data useful to farms.
'A project, that of Hubfarm,' the promoters comment, 'which is part of a broad plan to support the digital transition in the agricultural sector, also aimed at increased sustainability, in line with national and European development plans.
The results of the survey regarding agronomic practices say that "50% of respondents apply a rotation of less than two years (25% mono-sowing) and 28% use cover crops (cover-crops) in a systemic manner, while 65% say they use organic soil improvers. Ninety-five per cent consider it necessary to undertake a change towards more sustainable practices and 67% say they have already started to do so.
