Español:
Segun estimaciones actuales sistema como la dehesa generan un déficit de 200 €/ha. Los precios de los productos son similares a los de hace 30 años, y los propietarios de tierras enfrentan pérdidas de hasta 500 €/ha debido a enfermedades relacionadas con la fitoptora. Junto con la disminución de las ayudas, estas tierras agro-silvopastorales han perdido hasta un 20% de su valor, provocand
o el abandono del medio rural y la pérdida de microeconomías típicas de estas zonas. Este proyecto transformará los actuales modelos de producción en sistemas rentables que trabajan con la naturaleza y no contra ella. Este nuevo método tendrá: menor costos en insumos, fuentes alternativas de ingresos, reciclado los recursos existentes, una mayor regeneración natural, mejorará el suelo y aumentará la productividad agrícola para que sus tierras puedan ser sostenibles desde el punto de vista económico y ambiental. English:
The Quercus-based silvopastoral systems of the Mediterranean basin biome (for example dehesas, montados and meriagos that cover up to 6 mln ha in the EU) are in rapid decline. Estimates show that dehesas currently produce a deficit of 200€/ha. Prices for their products are similar to those 30 years ago, and land owners face losses of up to 500€/ha due to phytophtora-related diseases. It is estimated that these agro silvopastoral lands have lost up to 20% of their value and currently lose millions of euros in productivity each year. Simultaneously, agro-subsidies are steadily decreasing. In 2015, farmers in Andalucía reported up to 60% of cutbacks in CAP subsidies. Regional subsidies in this area now only cover about 8% of landowners. In Sardinia, rural abandonment has caused an increasing of the number of rented and leased farms and the loss of local typical micro-economies. Many anthropogenic and environmental factors challenge the survival and sustainability of these valuable ecosystems. The younger generation inheriting these broken systems needs to transform current production models into cost-efficient operations that work with nature, not against it. They will have to lower input costs, find alternative sources of income, recycle resources, stimulate natural regeneration, improve soil and increase farm productivity so that their land can become economically and environmentally sustainable.
