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Financement: European Union INTERREG POCTEFA
This work was funded with the project EFA 324/19 - VITES QUALITAS 65% co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg Program V-A Spain-France-Andorra (POCTEFA 2014-2020).
Partenariat: Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Vitis Navarra Sat, Blue Agro Bioscience, Chambre d’Agriculture des Pyrenees Atlantiques, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones
Période: December 2019 - May 2022
Coordinateur: Gonzaga SANTESTEBAN (UPNA)
Contact EGFV: Sarah COOKSON & Jean-Philippe ROBY

Résumé:

The objective of the VITES QUALITAS project is to improve the competitiveness of the wine sector in the POCTEFA territory, by increasing the longevity of the vineyards, as well as their productivity and quality through the implementation of R&D and transfer activities in plant production techniques and pruning techniques.

The project carries out R&D activities to promote INNOVATION in POCTEFA’s viticulture sector with the objective of improving its economical profitability and competitiveness. The project’s main goal is to increase grapevine longevity by identifying and transferring good practices and methodologies of (i) grafting, (ii) quality assessment of plants, (iii) nursery conditions and (iv) pruning techniques. VITES QUALITAS stablishes cooperation and synergies between Universities, Research Centres and companies; to transfer its R&D results to viticultural sector.