Inspirational ideas: Chickens tackle weeds in Portuguese vineyards

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Geographical scope	European Union Portugal
Keywords	chicken profitability non-chemical weed control operational group vineyard

This inspirational idea is also available in a Slovak version.

Translation courtesy of the National Rural Network Slovakia. Read more EIP-AGRI inspirational ideas in Slovak on the NRN website.

Both for organic and conventional farmers, weed control in vineyards, orchards and between lines of horticultural crops is a challenge. Weeds under the vine rows or in the vegetable lines can reduce growth and affect yields, but mechanical weed control is not always easy to perform.

Portuguese Operational Group CMOBILE is bringing chickens into the field, to contro lthe weeds and avoid having to use synthetic herbicides. Luís Mendes, BIOPROTEC: "The chickens help to solve the weed problem in a sustainable way."