UPA MADRID Operational Group: Study of the benefits of generating a ground dust cloud for the prevention of vine diseases

To promote innovation, cooperation, and the development of the knowledge base in rural areas by developing a project that will create a new technique and a new machine for use in vineyards. To strengthen the ties between agriculture, food production, and forestry, on the one hand, and research and innovation, on the other, to achieve, among other things, better management and improved environmental outcomes. The Task Force is comprised of various stakeholders, including farmers, technicians, and scientists. This will result in an innovation that allows wineries to improve the efficiency of their operations by reducing the inputs required for winemaking and reducing the environmental impacts of production by replacing an input purchased from third parties with a product available on the farm itself, at no cost and with no environmental impact. To improve the competitiveness of primary producers by reducing production costs thanks to the reduction in the use of phytosanitary products. Achieving more efficient energy use in agriculture and food processing, since the proposed new method eliminates the need to produce and transport a significant amount of phytosanitary products used in the vineyard, thereby reducing energy consumption throughout the value chain. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, since the GHG emissions required to produce, market, distribute, and apply the phytosanitary products that the dust cloud would replace are avoided.