Date: 23-27 September, 2019
The Autumn School is organized as part of the activities of the International Project “Participatory AgroEcology School System – PASS”. PASS has been financed on competitive basis by the University of Bologna to support international cooperation activities of its Departments and involves Universities from Northern and Southern America and Europe.
Members of PASS:
University of California Berkeley, USA
Universidad de La Frontera, Chile
Universidad de Chile, Chile
Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil
University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Serbia
University of Minho, Department of Biology, Portugal
Project Coordinator: Prof. Adamo Domenico Rombolà
Objectives
- Describe the ecological role of biodiversity in the functioning of agroecosystems and their management in agrolandscapes.
- Learn how to design and manage agroecological systems for the production of Mediterranean crops (grapevine, olive, citrus, legumes, cereals, onion, etc.).
- Obtain tools on how to manage the transition from conventional to agroecological systems.
- Learn how to assess sustainability and resilience at the farm and landscape level.
- Prevent soil, genetic, knowledge erosion and land abandonment.