Protection against hail and heavy precipitation

Implementation

Mid term

Sustainability components

  • GHG emissions
  • Air quality
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Animal welfare
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Technical feasibility

Climate risk region

Continental
Continental

Weather event addressed

Floods / Heavy rainfall
Very high temperatures / Heat wave
Intense frost / Late frost
Wind / storms
Spring and summer
Hail
Spring and summer

Farming system

FRUITS & VINEYARDS
Apple, vineyards

Description of the measure

Installing nets and foil roofs against hail, frost, heavy precipitation and radiation

Comments on sustainability

The protection devices need some investments but the benefit, especially against hail, is very high. A further side effect is the protection from bird and wesp feeding. The product quality can be improved considerably.