by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Mar 30, 2026 | lettuce, news
Environmental pressures and limited natural resources are forcing agriculture to produce higher yields while using less water and fertilizer. Although lettuce has been extensively bred for taste, texture, and yield, this process has left it vulnerable to nutrient...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Mar 24, 2026 | educational activites, news
The two educational gardens at San Martín Primary School, where crops, one containing cereals (wheat, oats and barley), pulses (lupin, peas and broad beans) and lettuce, and the other containing brassicas (rapeseed, cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco and cabbages) are...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Mar 18, 2026 | news, Publications, Scientific Publications
A program dedicated to meadows conservation and the wild relatives of fodder plants is running and gather more than 1300 surfaces in the whole country. Farmers are actively supported to conserve these surfaces. A survey to evaluate the farmer’s motivation to...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Mar 2, 2026 | Conferences, news
On February 25, 2025, the COUSIN project was presented by the University of Catania (UNICT) during a study day dedicated to the management and use of plant and microbial germplasm collections, hosted by the Accademia dei Georgofili in Florence. The conference...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Feb 17, 2026 | educational activites, news
Cuaderno de campo is an educational field notebook created by Aprisco to directly connect agroecology research in northern Extremadura with local educational community. The notebook emerges from a collaboration between Aprisco and the San Martín preschool and...
