Olive quick decline disease was detected in Europe in 2013 in the Apulia region of southern Italy. This disease is caused by Xylella fastidiosa, responsible for causing multiple diseases in crops of great economic interest such as olive or almond. The…
The Puglia region, one of the most affected by Xylella fastidiosa in Italy, will have an Extraordinary Plan for the regeneration of the olive tree. The Minister of Agriculture, Teresa Bellanova, has signed the creation of a Supervision Committee of…
The health situation in many of the countries of the world caused by COVID-19 has caused many work and projects in which the entities work every day to stop. This is the case of Italy, one of the countries most…
Xylella fastidiosa, a bacterium with pathogenic potential that has transmitted diseases in a variety of woody crops and trees and that has raised the alarm throughout Europe, continues to infect crops in Puglia, Italy, where 56 new cases of infected…
After four years of work, on January 21 the final conference of LIFE Agriadapt took place, a project supported by the European Commission through the LIFE financial instrument in which the Global Nature Foundation in Spain and entities from Germany,…
The LIFE project developed by the Fundación Global Nature (FGN) under the name LIFE Food and Biodiversity works to accompany farmers and ranchers with actions and practical information on measures that improve biodiversity. It is a global project that wants…
The TERMOXYVID R&D project has successfully completed the first of the three technical-economic milestones. In this first phase, they have achieved the selection of the bioindicator microorganism with which it is hoped to control the Xylella fastidiosa bacteria in vine…
These are the priorities of the Italian Government regarding Xylella fastidiosa: accelerate investments to revive affected areas; ensure serious containment; protect the income of olive growers, oil mills and nurseries; ensure maximum availability in all open issues and establish a…
The detection of the first two sick olive trees by Xylella fastidiosa in France next to the Italian border has generated concern among farmers, who ask for caution when applying containment and propagation measures, especially the removal of trees. The…
On September 5th, the sentence of the Court of Justice of the EU was published stating that Italy has breached the obligation to adopt measures to prevent the spread of Xylella fastidiosa in the region of Apulia (southern Italy). Specifically,…