GPS Location:

1. Macedo de Cavaleiros (41°60’13.2’’N, 6°59’05.6’’W)
2. Macedo de Cavaleiros (41°36’16.4’’N, 6°58’18.9’’W)
3. Argozelo (41°38’11.1’N 6◦34’34.9’’W)

Demosite Area: 3 ha

Field Trials: 3

Almond cultivars:

1. Ferraduel, Ferragnès
2. Ferraduel, Ferragnès
3. Makako, Lauranne, Belona

Intercrop System: Inter-row

Crop system (s):

1. Non-irrigate almond orchard in full production
2. Irrigated almond orchard in full production
3. Newly planted irrigated almond orchard

Modality:

1. Covered with chickpeas (sowing in April/May)
2. Covered with short cycle clover (sowing in October)
3. Mobilized (Witness)

GPS Location: Licata, Agrigento, C.da Volpara, 92027 (37°12’31.2″N 13°50’38.2″E)

Demosite Area: 7 ha

Field Trials: 1

Almond cultivars: Tuono

Intercrop System: Inter-row

Crop system (s): Irrigated 4-years old orchard

Modality: RCBD with 3 replications. Treatments: 1. Sulla (3 years) ; 2. Medicago spp. (3 years); 3. Soil tillage (control; 3 years). Sowing in October/November

GPS Location: Model Farm for Sustainable Agriculture Newe Ya’ar Research Center (32.715148, 35.188401)

Demosite Area: 1.5 ha

Field Trials: 1

Almond cultivars: Matan

Intercrop System: Service crops between all rows. With/without service crops on the tree rows

Crop system (s): Irrigated almond orchard with servisse crops

Modality: 1. WITH service crops on tree row. 2. WITHOUT service crops on the tree row, crossed with: 1. STANDARD FERTIGATIOM 2. FLEXIBLE FERTIGATIOM (responding to field conditions)

GPS Location:

1. Azilal mountains (31°56’42 N, 6°35’50 W), 1400m above sea level
2. Aknoul (34°49’31 N, 03°42’34 W) 1000m above sea level
3. Ain Taoujdate (33°56’11 N, 5°09’32W) 550 m above sea level

Demosite Area: 12 ha

Field Trials: 3

Almond cultivars: Ferragnès, Ferraduel, Local genotypes (Beldi almond)

Intercrop System: Inter-row

Crop system (s):

1)

 – Calcareous soil.

 – Annual rainfall: 400 mm

 – Drip irrigation

 – Standard agricultural practices (fertilisation, protection…)

– Non-irrigate almond orchard in full production

2)

– Calcareous marl soil.

 – Annual rainfall: 340 mm.

 – Traditional practices

 – Non-irrigate almond orchard in full production

3)

– Clayey, calcareous and brown soil.

 – Annual rainfall: 470 mm

 – Average of chill availability: 540 hours of temperature below 7°C.

 – Drip irrigation.

 – Standard agricultural practices (fertilisation, protection…)

– Newly planted irrigated almond orchard

Modality:

Three treaments for each demo site:

1. Separated almond (without intercrop)
2. Separated Bean / broad bean crop (without almond)
3. Mixte: almond and intercrop

GPS Location: Selca-island Brač, (43°1656 N,16°4833E), 250m above sea level

Demosite Area: 1 ha

Field Trials: 1

Almond cultivars: Ferragnès, Ferraduel, Ai, Texas

Intercrop System: Inter-row

Crop system (s):

 – Rocky soil with approximately 40% soil in the 60 cm soil depth, coupled with rock 1-5 cm diametre.

 – Orchard planted in 2017

 – Drip irrigation system

 – Production organized as organic production

Modality: Intercrops planting in October or November. Four rows of almond trees, each row will have a row of intercrop on both sides:

– One row of almonds will be covered with Artichoke plants

– One row of almond will be cover with Imortela plants

– One row of almond will be cover with Rosemary plants

– One row of almond will be cover with Salvia plants

Intercrop rows will have one or two rows of almond trees without intercrop plants that will function as controls.