Theme: Improvement of the working conditions and training

The carob tree in Tunisia: A big varietal richness to preserve and to valorize

In addition to their traditional local use in human and animal food, the fruits of the carob tree have a high commercial value in industrial transformation.

Mechanical harvesting in stone pine (Pinus pinea) stands

This factsheet aims to present the mechanical harvesting option and the productivity monitorization done in umbrella pine stands harvested in both ways (manual and mechanically)

Manual cone harvesting of Pinus pinea in Portugal: equipment used and recommendations

Stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) cone harvesting in Portugal continues to occur trough the traditional way, that is, by specialized workers that climb the trees

Intraspecific variability and genetic selection of Aleppo pine

Aleppo pine is one of the dominant forest species in Tunisia, favoured by its great regeneration capacity, plasticity, climatic stress tolerance, and multiple products: wood,

Improvement of carob cultivation techniques

The carob tree cultivation is handicapped by the poor quality of the seedlings leaving the nursery due to the deterioration of the root system, and

Intraspecific variability of Quercus suber L. acorn morphology in Northwestern Tunisia

The cork oak forest suffers from serious problems of natural regeneration following anthropic action and overgrazing. As a result, we are witnessing continuous aging and

GOSUBER innovation project for the mechanization of cork debarking

The objective is to present GOSUBER, the supra-autonomous operational group of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) in the area of Agricultural productivity and Sustainability, which

A new technology of extracting the fixed (non-volatile) oil of Pistacia lentiscus for the benefit of rural women

This work aims the improvement of lentisk oil extraction in order to enable rural women to improve their working conditions and their incomes through the

Resin cooperativism and business diversification: ingredients for sustainable and quality forestry job

Sometimes, the profitability of a natural resource use depends more on the business model and the entrepreneurial culture on which its exploitation is based, than

The sociological profile and social issues of the resin worker in Spain

The study advances in the socio-labour reality knowledge of the Spanish workers dedicated to the resin extraction, and in the group perception about aspects related

RESINEX Operational Group: Professionalization, knowledge transfer and innovation in the resin sector in Extremadura

The RESINEX Operational Group (OG) and its innovation project are presented, the aim of the latter being to boost the resin sector in Extremadura. This

The attractiveness of the resin tapper's profession is a key point for the revival of natural resin extraction to be a success. The aim is

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