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How to reduce the use of pesticides in agriculture: registration for the free seminar for agricultural professionals organised by the Institute of Plant Sciences within the H2020 FORTUNA project is open until Wednesday 15 January

The event is scheduled from Tuesday 18 to Wednesday 19 February in Pisa and is aimed at agricultural professionals such as agronomists, agricultural consultants, farmers, representatives of agricultural consortia/cooperatives

Publication date: 09.01.2025
Seminario progetto FORTUNA
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The FORTUNA project (acronym for Future Innovation for Pesticide Use Reduction in Agriculture), financed within the framework of the call HORIZON- CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01, of which the Sant'Anna School is a partner under the scientific responsibility of Paolo Barberi, Associate Professor of Agronomy and Field Crops at the Institute of Plant Sciences and Federico Leoni, Assistant Professor in Agronomy and Field Crops, is now in full swing. In the framework of the project activities and of the Cost Action T0P Agri, the Agroecology group of the Institute of Plant Sciences is co-organising a workshop on the reduction of pesticide use in agriculture, the FORTUNA-T0P-AGRI Stakeholder Workshop, to be held at the Sant'Anna School, in Pisa, from Tuesday 18 to Wednesday 19 February and addressed to professionals of the agricultural sector such as agronomists, agricultural consultants, farmers, representatives of agricultural consortia/cooperatives. 

The event, held in English, is free of charge and open to the public upon selection. Registration for selection ends on Wednesday 15 January, at the following link: https://forms.gle/stFcnZKfD43bMg6q9

The FORTUNA project is a three-year, EU-funded initiative, starting in January 2024. Its main objective is to identify future research challenges within the European ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy. This strategy sets quantitative targets to reduce the overall use and risk of chemical pesticides by 50 per cent by the year 2030. A key aspect of the FORTUNA project is the exploration and analysis of methods, tools and mechanisms across biological and ecological, technological and socio-economic dimensions to identify effective approaches and feasible strategies to significantly reduce dependence on chemical pesticides and the risk associated with their use, paving the way for innovative pesticide-free farming practices while ensuring the competitiveness and economic viability of European agriculture.