QUALITY HOPS Operational Group: Innovations in hop cultivation in Spain to improve the sustainability of farms
- Type Operational group
- Execution 2019 -2021
- Assigned Budget 577.576,83 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Castilla y León; Galicia; País Vasco
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
- Project website http://www.lupulosdecalidad.es/
Description
Innovations in hop cultivation in Spain, incorporating improvements in processes, technologies, and sustainable management of water resources, fertilizers, and pest control, promoting the organization and profitability of farms.
Objectives
- Sustainable pest and disease control
- Optimization of the irrigation and fertilization system
- Environmental and economic sustainability of farms
Results
- Proposal for phytosanitary products, incorporation of microorganisms with positive interaction with the hop plant, and development of an Integrated Pest Management guide.
- Fertilization and irrigation strategy to optimize yield and quality
- Proposal for eco-sustainable technologies for waste recovery and development of a digital farm management system
- Definition of the cultivation techniques, specifying methods of action, calendar and doses of treatments
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: Lúpulos de León S.AT 6594
- Coordinator/entity email: tecnico@lupulosdeleon.es
Collaborators
- Asociación Desenvolvemento Rural Mariñas-Betanzos
- Asociación POEDA - PaRAMO
- orbigo
- ESLA Desarrollo Asociado
- Asociación de Cerveceros de España
Beneficiaries
- Lupulos de León SAT
- Lupulo Tecnología de Galicia
- Universidad de León
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
- Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León
- Axencia Galega de Calidade Alimentaria
- Instituto Vasco de Innovación y Desarrollo Agrario SA
- HOPSTEINER ESPAÑA SA
Outsourced
- GEODILAB CB
- EcoUrban Consultores
- S.L
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