activities - water, friuli venezia giulia
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Quinoa: An Innovative Crop to Tackle Abiotic Stress
Within the Water Living Lab Friuli Venezia Giulia, we are testing quinoa as an alternative crop for farming systems exposed to abiotic stress. To this end, over the course of two years (2024 and 2025), we conducted a pot experiment at the A. Servadei agricultural farm in Udine using two quinoa varieties to evaluate their…
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Maize and Resilience: The Water Living Lab Friuli Venezia Giulia Explores the Maize of the Future
Within the Water Living Lab Friuli Venezia Giulia, as part of a collaboration between partners UNIPD and UNITO, new drought-tolerant maize genotypes were tested in both 2024 and 2025, compared with conventional hybrids of the same FAO class. This activity is conducted through on-farm experiments (OFE) and at the A. Servadei experimental farm of the…
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ERSA–LL Friuli Venezia Giulia Collaboration: Ecological Footprint Analysis with AgriCS
Since 2025, a collaboration has begun with ERSA (Regional Agency for Rural Development of Friuli Venezia Giulia) to test the AgriCS platform—a regional decision support system designed for farmers in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. Among its capabilities, the platform enables assessments of carbon and water footprints, as well as energy balances at the farm…