INTERREG-SUDOE Viti-valmo Project: Valorization of local organic waste to achieve resilient viticulture

Wine production plays a key role in the SUDOE region, contributing to its cultural identity, local economy, landscape, and tourist appeal. Its preservation is fundamental to the vitality of rural areas in SUDOE. Research on adapting viticulture to climate change highlights, in addition to the use of adapted varieties and changes in viticultural practices, the importance of soil quality.

Despite the proven effectiveness of these solutions, their adoption in Europe is currently limited by the biochar production processes, which remain expensive and complex to carry out.

Therefore, this project proposes:

• Develop a mobile transformation pilot that is efficient in economic and environmental terms.
• Try it in different locations in the SUDOE region.
• Develop diagnoses and strategies for utilizing organic waste at the local level, in order to implement these solutions. This will strengthen the sustainability of viticulture in the SUDOE region, while simultaneously adding value to local organic waste.

This will benefit rural communities, agricultural advisory bodies, wine cooperatives, and farmers. Cross-border cooperation is necessary to adapt solutions to different environmental and socioeconomic contexts and to promote their widespread adoption for a truly transformative effect. The innovation lies in the holistic approach to valorizing organic waste deposits and in the development of low-cost, mobile processing solutions.