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TENUTE DI BATTISTA

Research & Future

Ideas, research and projects to develop

INNOVATION · SUSTAINABILITY · SELF-SUFFICIENCY

A research ecosystem for more resilient agriculture, a more balanced territory and a sustainable future on Earth and in Space.

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

From the land to the future

Climate, environmental and technological transformations are redefining the future of agriculture. Tenute Di Battista wants to turn these challenges into research questions, experimental projects and new opportunities for the olive-oil supply chain and the territory.

Olive science and biological research
Biological research

TDB BioLab

Olive-tree resilience, microbiome, biostimulants, heat, drought and new biological solutions.

STATUS: IDEA → PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
Water between nature and technology
Water

Water Future

Recovery, purification, reuse and intelligent management of water resources.

STATUS: IDEA → PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
Olive grove with technological monitoring
Observatory

TDB Earth & Agro Observatory

Climate, soil, groundwater, GNSS, territory and analysis of interactions with environmental and geophysical variables.

STATUS: IDEA → PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
Digital olive tree and future agriculture
Digital intelligence

TDB Digital Twin

A digital twin of the estate integrating sensors, drones, satellite data, AI and predictive models.

STATUS: IDEA → PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
Bioregenerative agricultural habitat
Closed-loop systems

TDB BioLoop

A closed-loop bioregenerative ecosystem for the recovery of water, air, nutrients and biomass, with terrestrial and future space applications.

STATUS: IDEA → PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
Circular recovery of olive by-products
Circular economy

Circular Olive

Turning olive-mill by-products into compost, biochar, energy and new resources for the olive grove itself.

STATUS: IDEA → PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
Ancient olive tree between nature and science
Genetics and resilience

Future Olive

Study of cultivars, grafts and selections with greater resistance to future climate conditions.

STATUS: IDEA → PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
Agricultural rover and drone in an olive grove
Robotics

Autonomous Farm

Increasingly automated agriculture through robotics, sensors, artificial intelligence and predictive maintenance.

STATUS: IDEA → PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
Lunar greenhouse for future agriculture
Space research

Space Agriculture

Experimentation with crops and production systems for isolated, extreme and, in perspective, extraterrestrial environments.

STATUS: IDEA → PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
“We do not present already completed solutions. We present the questions on which we want to build the future.”

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