Nature-Based Solutions for European Vineyards by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu

Nature-Based Solutions for European Vineyards by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu

This transdisciplinary book explores the potential benefits and challenges of implementing nature-based solutions in vineyards across a range of European countries.

Most agricultural landscapes, including vineyards, have abandoned their traditional management practices, making them vulnerable to climate extremities, biologically impoverished and highly susceptible to pests and diseases. There is now a growing awareness among wine producers and consumers about the importance of managing vineyards sustainably through nature-based solutions. This volume analyses work done in vineyards across a range of European countries, including Italy, Switzerland, Spain, France and Portugal, and further examines the potential of sustainable nature-based solutions in improving ecosystem health, while prioritizing wine quality and social and economic gains. Drawing on the experiences of scientists from varied backgrounds, including natural and social scientists, vineyard managers, wine producers and environmental agencies working in vineyard landscapes, chapters present evidence-based research results demonstrating the environmental, social and economic effectiveness of nature-based solutions implemented through a range of bio-based approaches, including organic, biodynamic and regenerative farming approaches. This volume delves into the transformative potential of nature-based solutions, presenting novel pathways, applications, evidence-based cases and experiential assessments of nature-based solutions in different agroecological settings.

This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and professionals working on nature-based solutions, agriculture, viticulture and environmental management more broadly.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Udaya Sekhar Nagothu is Research Professor and Director at the Centre for International Development, Norsk Institutt for Biookonomi/Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway. He is the editor of Climate Neutral and Resilient Farming Systems (2023), The Bioeconomy Approach (2020), Agricultural Development and Sustainable Intensification (2018), Climate Change and Agricultural Development (2016) and Food Security and Development (2015).