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THE SOIL BIODIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF MEDITERRANEAN OLIVE GROVES: A HOLISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF LAND MANAGEMENT ON OLIVE OIL QUALITY AND SAFETY

Objective

After more than fifty years of intensive agriculture application, the environmental situation for many olive groves across the Mediterranean Region is quite dramatic in terms of land degradation, biodiversity impoverishment, functionality loss, which may have already impacted on the quality and safety of olive oil, one of the most important commodities produced in Europe. Through the implementation of a series of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary WPs, this project will perform the first rigorous diagnostic of the environmental situation of olive groves soils at a broad scale, considering the most important areas of olive production at the Mediterranean Region and its relationships to olive oil quality. Soil O-live aims (i) to analyze the impact of pollution and land degradation on soils from olive groves in terms of multi-biodiversity, ecological function at different levels of organization and scales; (ii) to investigate the relationship of soil health status with quality and safety of olive oil; (iii) to implement effective soil amendments and ecological restoration practices that promote manifest soil biodiversity and functionality enhancements in permanent Mediterranean olive orchards across its native range of distribution, that should be translated to improvements in olive oil quality and safety; (iv) to define rigorous ecological thresholds that allow to implement future clear norms and regulations in order to design a novel certification for healthy soils in European olive orchards.

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE JAEN
Net EU contribution
€ 1 035 500,00
Address
Campus Las Lagunillas Sn Edifico B1 Vicerrectorado De Investigacion Desar Tecn E Innovacion
23071 Jaen
Spain

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Region
Andalucía Jaén
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00

Participants (15)

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI ROMA TRE
Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 429 990,00
Address
Via Ostiense 133
00154 Roma

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Region
Centro (IT) Lazio Roma
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 641 970,00
Address
Kaiserswerther Strasse 16-18
14195 Berlin

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Region
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA - LA MANCHA
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 586 343,75
Address
Calle Altagracia 50
13071 Ciudad Real

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Region
Castilla-La Mancha Ciudad Real
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU
Greece
Net EU contribution
€ 75 000,00
Address
Lofos Panepistimiou
81100 Mytilini

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Region
Λέσβος Βόρειο Αιγαίο Νησιά Αιγαίου
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 1 379 730,00
Address
Calle Serrano 117
28006 Madrid

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Region
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
UNIVERSIDADE DE TRAS-OS-MONTES E ALTO DOURO
Portugal
Net EU contribution
€ 373 750,00
Address
Quinta De Prados
5000 911 Vila Real

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Region
Continente Norte Douro
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DE NORMALIZACION
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 101 587,50
Address
Calle Genova 6
28004 Madrid

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Region
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Activity type
Other
Other funding
€ 0,00
ELLINIKO MESOGEIAKO PANEPISTIMIO
Greece
Net EU contribution
€ 238 000,00
Address
Estavromenos
71004 Heraklion

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Region
Ηράκλειο Κρήτη Νησιά Αιγαίου
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
NUTESCA SL
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 46 267,50
Address
Calle Ecuador 2
23440 Baeza (Jaen)

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Andalucía Jaén
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
ELLINIKOS GEORGIKOS ORGANISMOS - DIMITRA
Greece
Net EU contribution
€ 234 375,00
Address
Kourtidou 56-58
11145 Athina

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Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Aττική Αττική
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
UNIWERSYTET SLASKI W KATOWICACH
Poland
Net EU contribution
€ 512 975,00
Address
Ul. Bankowa 12
40 007 Katowice

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Region
Makroregion południowy Śląskie Katowicki
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO
Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 373 038,75
Address
Piazza Marina 61
90133 Palermo

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Region
Isole Sicilia Palermo
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 145 443,75
Address
Piazzale Aldo Moro 7
00185 Roma

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Region
Centro (IT) Lazio Roma
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
ECOLE NATIONALE D'AGRICULTURE DE MEKNES
Morocco
Net EU contribution
€ 350 000,00
Other funding
€ 0,00
DEOLEO GLOBAL SA
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 464 688,75
Address
Ctra Nacional Iv, Km. 388
14610 Alcolea Cordoba

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Region
Andalucía Córdoba
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00

Partners (1)

UNIVERSITAT BASEL
Switzerland
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00
Address
Petersplatz 1
4051 Basel

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Region
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Nordwestschweiz Basel-Stadt
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00