{"id":3930,"date":"2020-11-20T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/news-en\/pantelleria-agricoltura-sostenibile-acido-pelargonico\/"},"modified":"2021-06-11T12:26:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T10:26:19","slug":"pantelleria-takes-up-the-challenge-of-chemical-free-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/pantelleria-takes-up-the-challenge-of-chemical-free-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Pantelleria takes up the challenge of chemical-free agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The National Parks Administration, the University of Palermo and Novamont have started tests on pelargonic acid, a natural herbicide that does not pollute the environment, water or soil<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Emanuele Isonio<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Italian agricultural sector remains the holder of a <strong>sad record<\/strong>: it has the <strong>highest pesticide consumption<\/strong> in Europe by unit of cultivated surface area, 5.6 kg per hectare per year. This is twice as high as France and Germany. This leads to extensive pollution of water resources: according to <strong>ISPRA<\/strong> \u2013 the Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research \u2013 Italy\u2019s surface and underground water reserves contain a <strong>cocktail of 175 different pesticides<\/strong>. This poses a threat to the environment but also to human health: exposure to pesticides leads to increased <strong>risk of tumors<\/strong> both in adults and children and of metabolic, neurodegenerative, pulmonary, cardiovascular and renal <strong>pathologies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h5>The path of natural herbicides<\/h5>\n<p>This snapshot explains the importance of sustainable agriculture projects, which demonstrate the possibility of abandoning the <strong>chemical abuse<\/strong> of the land. One such project is being developed on the island of Pantelleria. The project involves the <strong>National Park Administrative Body<\/strong>, the Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences of the <strong>University<\/strong> of Palermo and <strong>Novamont<\/strong>, the leading Italian company in the bioplastics and biochemicals sector. Work is underway in Pantelleria National Park to test the effectiveness of <strong>pelargonic acid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BELOUKHA - BIOCONTROLE - JADE (viticulture d\u00e9sherbage - \u00e9pamprage; d\u00e9fanage PDT)\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gt0OVNtsO70?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>The advantages of pelargonic acid<\/h5>\n<p>This <strong>natural<\/strong> herbicide has a crucial difference compared with products made from traditional chemicals: under normal conditions of use it does not pose a risk to microorganisms in the soil and aquatic organisms. In addition, it does not have any negative effects on the environment, water or soil \u2013 in fact it <strong>biodegrades quickly<\/strong> \u2013 nor does it interfere with biodiversity. What\u2019s more, it has no residual effects, meaning it does not act on the germination of seeds in the soil. Pelargonic acid does not work by systemic action and therefore does not destroy roots.<br \/>\nOn an environmental level, this substance occurs naturally and is obtained from <strong>a vegetable oil<\/strong> which does not contain synthetic adjuvants.<\/p>\n<h5>First step on the road to sustainable agriculture<\/h5>\n<p>\u201cThe experiments with pelargonic acid are the first phase of a plan of activities within the park,\u201d explained <strong>Antonella Lusseri<\/strong>, head of communications for the Pantelleria Island National Park. \u201cThey aim to verify the use of natural products and techniques for the transition to sustainable agriculture.\u201d The project has <strong>five main objectives<\/strong>: maintain <strong>biodiversity<\/strong>, maximise the use of all <strong>production components<\/strong>, design systems with a <strong>low environmental impact<\/strong>, reduce the use of traditional <strong>plastic<\/strong> to avoid dispersal and accumulation in the soil, and finally experiment with innovative agronomic practices that make it possible to <strong>reduce consumption<\/strong> of water, energy and waste production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Parks Administration, the University of Palermo and Novamont have started tests on pelargonic acid, a natural herbicide that does not pollute the environment, water or soil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,134],"tags":[190,153,154],"class_list":["post-3930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation-technology","category-articles","tag-agriculture","tag-best-practice-en","tag-pesticides"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pantelleria 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