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Anti-hail nets

Description

Anti-hail nets are currently the only method of active protection effective against hail. Anti-hail nets also reduce incident radiation and wind intensity, helping to decrease evapotranspiration by around 20%.

Characteristics

Supply chain:

Fruit and vegetables

Climate risk:

Drought, Hail

Action area:

Agronomic management

Mitigating action:

No

Technical level:

Advanced

Applicable farm size:

Small, large

Effectiveness with respect to:

Hail
High
Drought
Low

Time frame of the action:

(Referring to the effectiveness of the action from an economic, agronomic and environmental point of view)

Hail
Short-term: 1 year or crop cycle
Drought
Short-term: 1 year or crop cycle