An Economic Assessment of Super High Density Planting System of Olive Trees in Greece

Olive genotypes cultivated in an adult high-density orchard respond differently to canopy restraining by mechanical and manual pruning

“…Indeed, up to now only two Spanish cultivars, Arbequina and Arbosana, and the Greek Koroneiki have been demonstrated to have vegetative (medium-low vigour, slow canopy growth) and productive (early bearing, high yield efficiency) parameters fitting this new cropping system (Camposeo et al, 2008;Camposeo and Godini, 2010;Connor et al, 2014). Several aspects of varietal behavior have already begun to be studied for this new cropping system in Mediterranean environments: productive and vegetative parameters (Camposeo et al, 2008;Tous et al, 2010,4;Farinelli 2011, 2014;Allalout et al, 2011;Moutier et al, 2011;Papachatzis et al, 2011;Larbi et al, 2015;Proietti et al, 2015), plant architecture (Rosati et al, 2013;Strippoli et al, 2013), light interception (Connor and Gómez-delCampo, 2013), soil management Russo et al, 2014), ecophysiology and irrigation (Proietti et al, 2012;Gómez-del-Campo, 2013;Vivaldi et al, 2013), harvesting time . So, varietal response to pruning is still a crucial topic to be investigated in order to supply information about the agronomic management of high-density oliveculture for different cultivated genotypes (Connor et al, 2014).…”

Crop Diversification and Resilience of Drought-Resistant Species in Semi-arid Areas: An Economic and Environmental Analysis

“…Salento peninsula is a subregion that extends over the southern part of Apulia and is the easternmost area of Italy. In this paper an integrated environmental and economic assessment of a local intensive cropping system, involving olive, pomegranate and almond, considered highly efficient in terms of productivity and management [25][26][27][28], was performed. In particular, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was integrated with a Life Cycle Costing (LCC) analysis through the adoption of a common database of employed inputs, considering the same functional unit (1 ha of cultivation) and system boundary (from cradle to farm gate) [29].…”