The attitudes of French and Spanish winegrowers towards the use of cover crops in vineyards

Schütte, Rebekka; Holger, Bergmann

doi:10.1080/09571264.2019.1568975

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“…Extensive management contributes to sustainable farming contributing to the UN sustainable development goals responsible consumption and production as well as life on land (UN, ). Further, biodiversity‐friendly vineyard management practices (e.g., organic farming) are increasingly demanded by consumers (Schütte & Bergmann, ).…”

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“…Further, a spill‐over effect of flower visitation rates in insect‐pollinated crops from field margins was observed for wild bees, which increased crop yields in closer proximity to field margins (Woodcock et al, ). As winegrowers experience an increased consumer demand for eco‐friendly produced wine (Schütte & Bergmann, ), establishing flower‐rich habitats for wild bees in vineyards can be used for marketing.…”

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“…As winegrowers experience an increased consumer demand for eco-friendly produced wine (Schütte & Bergmann, 2019), establishing flower-rich habitats for wild bees in vineyards can be used for marketing.…”

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Response of wild bee diversity, abundance, and functional traits to vineyard inter‐row management intensity and landscape diversity across Europe

Kratschmer

Pachinger

Schwantzer

et al. 2019

Ecology and Evolution

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Agricultural intensification is a major driver of wild bee decline. Vineyards may be inhabited by plant and animal species, especially when the inter‐row space is vegetated with spontaneous vegetation or cover crops. Wild bees depend on floral resources and suitable nesting sites which may be found in vineyard inter‐rows or in viticultural landscapes. Inter‐row vegetation is managed by mulching, tillage, and/or herbicide application and results in habitat degradation when applied intensively. Here, we hypothesize that lower vegetation management intensities, higher floral resources, and landscape diversity affect wild bee diversity and abundance dependent on their functional traits. We sampled wild bees semi‐quantitatively in 63 vineyards representing different vegetation management intensities across Europe in 2016. A proxy for floral resource availability was based on visual flower cover estimations. Management intensity was assessed by vegetation cover (%) twice a year per vineyard. The Shannon Landscape Diversity Index was used as a proxy for landscape diversity within a 750 m radius around each vineyard center point. Wild bee communities were clustered by country. At the country level, between 20 and 64 wild bee species were identified. Increased floral resource availability and extensive vegetation management both affected wild bee diversity and abundance in vineyards strongly positively. Increased landscape diversity had a small positive effect on wild bee diversity but compensated for the negative effect of low floral resource availability by increasing eusocial bee abundance. We conclude that wild bee diversity and abundance in vineyards is efficiently promoted by increasing floral resources and reducing vegetation management frequency. High landscape diversity further compensates for low floral resources in vineyards and increases pollinating insect abundance in viticulture landscapes.

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Response of wild bee diversity, abundance, and functional traits to vineyard inter‐row management intensity and landscape diversity across Europe

Kratschmer

Pachinger

Schwantzer

et al. 2019

Ecology and Evolution

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“…Even though the use of cover crops to manage soil fertility dates back to the Roman empire, this practice was mostly abandoned after the green revolution and widespread availability of synthetic fertilizers (Dunn et al, 2016). Today, in spite of the increasing evidence of the benefits for soil health, adoption rates are still very low due to the contrasting perceptions of producers on the actual benefits provided by cover crops, concerns over water and nutrient usage (especially in arid regions), and lack of adequate management strategies (Dunn et al, 2016;Schütte and Bergmann, 2019). Furthermore, cover crops can act as vectors or increase susceptibility of vines to plant diseases (Forte et al, 2010;Muscas et al, 2017).…”

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Defining and Managing for Healthy Vineyard Soils, Intersections With the Concept of Terroir

Lazcano

Decock

Wilson

2020

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The use of sustainable soil management practices is becoming common in wine growing regions around the world in response to an increased awareness of the value of soil health to maintain environmental quality, crop yield, and grape quality. In spite of this, little information is available on the meaning of soil health within a viticultural context, the effects of soil management practices on soil health and the consequences for grape quality and the expression of the terroir. In this review we discuss interrelated dynamic physical, chemical, and biological properties associated with soil health and how they could be important in the expression of the terroir. We focus on the use of cover crops and compost application, two practices commonly used in vineyard soils, and how they affect these physical, chemical and biological aspects of soil health, grape quality and the expression of the terroir. Finally, we discuss research gaps, and best management practices to reduce possible tradeoffs associated with these practices such as the emission of greenhouse gasses.

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“…As winegrowers usually only calculate on-site costs and ignore off-site costs, they often associate conservation technologies with higher management costs and reduced competitiveness (Marques et al, 2015;Schütte and Bergmann, 2019). These costs occur in the short-term, while a decreasing productivity due to erosion is showing in the long-term and can be deferred by increasing fertilizer use.…”

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Profitability of erosion control with cover crops in European vineyards under consideration of environmental costs

Schütte

Plaas

Gómez

et al. 2020

Environmental Development

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Vine cultivation on slopes causes serious erosion with significant losses of nutrients, organic matter and water, followed by an overall loss of soil biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES). Cover crops (CC) in inter-rows can reduce these effects, but are often renounced by winegrowers due to economic causes. Soil erosion rates obtained from field data and simulations with ORUSCAL (Orchard RUSle CALibration) lay the basis for comparing three different scenarios of soil management; conventional tillage (CT), temporary cover crops (TCC) and permanent cover crops (PCC). We use the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) to include on-and off-site costs of erosion and to demonstrate their economic implications. The scenarios are calculated for two different European wine regions, Montilla-Moriles (Spain) and Carnuntum (Austria). 2 Results from ORUSCAL show that erosion is decreased in most cases with increasing use of vegetation cover. Overall, the consideration of erosion costs in the budget of farmers has only minor effects on their competitiveness and additional costs for CC are not covered by private erosion cost savings. However, if social erosion costs are added, CC are cost-effective in both regions. This is even without the valuation of non-marketed ecosystem services such as cultural and aesthetic aspects which most likely will increase social costs of erosion. Furthermore, our results show that higher revenues are of greater importance for management decisions than lower input prices. Therefore, CC should be rewarded either through a higher willingness to pay from consumers or government support.

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The attitudes of French and Spanish winegrowers towards the use of cover crops in vineyards

Cited by 13 publications

References 26 publications

Response of wild bee diversity, abundance, and functional traits to vineyard inter‐row management intensity and landscape diversity across Europe

Response of wild bee diversity, abundance, and functional traits to vineyard inter‐row management intensity and landscape diversity across Europe

Defining and Managing for Healthy Vineyard Soils, Intersections With the Concept of Terroir

Profitability of erosion control with cover crops in European vineyards under consideration of environmental costs

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