On the occasion of Enovitis in Campo , the most important trade fair in the wine production sector, which will take place in Mombaruzzo on 1 and 2 July, the SISAV project - Integrated Instruments for the Environmental Sustainability of the Vineyard coordinated by the Polytechnic of Turin will be presented. with the collaboration of the University of Turin, Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Acqui, Consorzio Barbera d'Asti and Vini del Monferrato and Consorzio dell'Asti DOCG and the participation of 17 farms led by young winemakers under 40.
It is a three-year program funded with over 700,000 euros under the Rural Development Program (EAFRD) which involves a total of 24 partners. A unique project in terms of scale, range of action and technologies used that aims to detect and map vineyard by vineyard the three-year evolution of micro-meteorological variations, vegetative and phytosanitary conditions , with a view to rationalization, sustainability and definition on the microscale of interventions.
The Politecnico will carry out the coordination of research through the iXem laboratory of the DET Department of Electronics , which has recently developed very long-distance transmission techniques capable of bringing coverage to the most peripheral rural areas, as demonstrated by the recently achieved world record of IoT transmission. of 700 km, between Sardinia and Spain.
Very low energy consumption weather sensors will also be created, able to survive for several seasons powered by two simple AA batteries and without the addition of solar panels.
The University of Turin contributes to the project through the Agro-forestry Geomatics laboratory (GEO4Agri) of the Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences which will be responsible for the scientific supervision of the drone acquisitions, the processing of the acquired data and the interpretation of the images. Copernicus Sentinel 2 multispectral satellites with the aim of characterizing the vines in their vegetative component and, possibly, of soil in space and along the phenological season
The Protection Consortia will instead deal with the coordination of the 17 experimental companies and the dissemination of the data obtained.
The coordinator of the project, professor Daniele Trinchero , founder of iXem Labs declares: "The Polytechnic of Turin and the University of Turin put their research and innovation skills at the disposal of farms, collaborating with them to define the specifications and to experimentation in the field, in a joint action that maximizes the effectiveness of technology transfer "
The President of the Barbera Vini del Monferrato Consortium, Filippo Mobrici , concludes: “The two days will be an opportunity to demonstrate the progress of the Sisav project, Integrated Tools for the Environmental Sustainability of the Vineyard, led by the Polytechnic of Turin. The Consortium, which has always been at the forefront of support for research, innovation, sustainability and development, fully supports the work of the Polytechnic, aimed at perfecting a system that, through sensors applied in the vineyard, is able to detect weather conditions triggering fungal diseases and transmitting data to define response interventions ".
Says Paolo Ricagno , president of the Consortium for the Protection of Wines d'Acqui and for almost fifty years also president of a cooperative of winemakers: "The Sisav project, Integrated Tools for the Environmental Sustainability of the Vineyard, led by the Polytechnic of Turin which we enthusiastically joined as a Consortium for the Protection of Wines d'Acqui, is the demonstration, if still needed, that modern viticulture is a perfect mix of traditions and cutting-edge technologies. An increasingly winning combination when you want to concretely make sustainability, respect for the environment, for the landscape to guarantee that quality that has always been the guiding star of Piedmontese winemakers. Sisav is today a valuable additional tool for the development of efficient, up-to-date and sustainable viticulture, to which, as Consortium and winemakers we are required to give our support ».
Giacomo Pondini , Director of the Consortium of Asti and Moscato d'Asti DOCG, recalls the commitment that the Consortium has been dedicating for some time to studying the influence of the environment on the synthesis of the aromatic heritage of the white Moscato grape. "The SISAV project integrates and completes the work in this area and deepens the environmental issues related to climate change in order to increase the resilience of Moscato bianco through increasingly sustainable agronomic techniques".
