About Us
We are a class of students of the Isaac Newtoon high school, that took part in the Esero project, as a topic we chose the decline in production of Oil and Wine in Brescia and surroundings.
Overall
«The severe drought in the northern countryside caused by
winter rainfall halved (-50%) compared to the average
historical is only the last chapter of the devastating effects of
climatic anomalies on Italian agriculture with recurrence
of extreme events that cost over 14 billion euros
in a decade of agricultural production losses
and damage to structures and infrastructures in the
campaigns. " This is what Coldiretti says on the occasion
of the Earth Hour 2019 promoted by the WWF on the effects of
climate change also on agricultural production
world with the risks that if the polluting emissions do not
production of
wheat will decrease by 20%, that of soy by 40% and that
corn by 50% according to a study published in Nature
Communications.
Oil Production in Lombardy
A drop in oil production that is around 60-80%. The data for Lombard olive growing are worrying a few weeks before the start of the harvest (2021). Only a few fruits remain on the plants and the causes of this cascola are to be attributed to the climate, periods of frost alternating with days of great heat and phytosanitary problems related to the presence of alien insects such as the Asian bedbug.
Wine in Lombardy
A week late, the harvest began in Franciacorta, in the area of Brescia. Coldiretti Lombardia has estimated an average drop in crops of about 15% compared to last year. In the next few days, operations will also go live in Oltrepo 'Pavese, while the last to leave will be the winemakers from Valtellina.
The delay in harvesting is due to the late spring frosts which actually slowed down the development of the vineyards, on which several localized hailstorms, sometimes violent, hit them in the summer months.
(data of 2021)