Adaptation Actions

LIFE-FROSTDEFEND project aims to design, develop and demonstrate the benefits of a novel monitoring and frost forecasting tool to mitigate frost injury in high yield agriculture crops. More specifically the project aims to:

• Design and develop a smart IoT-based system for monitoring selected atmospheric and agronomic parameters, forecasting frost events, and provide early warnings of adverse conditions.
• Assess and predict the vulnerability and sensitivity of different types of fruit trees to frost events.
• Develop and implement anticipated responses to frost events using sustainable techniques with low carbon footprint to reduce the epiphytic populations of ice nucleation active bacteria under a critical threshold.
• Strengthening local capacities and provide guidelines about the best agricultural practices, technologies and support services, to reduce vulnerability and enhance resilience.
• Demonstrate the entire effort to several agricultural areas with different geographical and climatic characteristics.
• Develop the FROSTDEFEND Adaptation Plan to promote best available techniques and environmental practices.
• Increase awareness among target groups and end-users towards climate responsible attitudes.