One of the products obtained from the cuts of branches or trunks of the forest is the biochar. The forest is an essential resource for all farm activities There, the agro-silvo-pastoral management proposed by Polyfarming is carried out every day. The farm is surrounded by forest, it has meadow plots where chickens, rabbits and cows graze, it also has an orchard and a vegetable patch. The project is performed in Planeses, a farm located at La Garrotxa. LIFE Polyfarming aims to demonstrate that by combining the resources offered by the forest, crops and animals, we can consolidate a fertile and profitable soil in a long term in a sustainable way. In this context, LIFE Polyfarming aims to demonstrate that by combining the resources offered by the forest, crops and animals, we can consolidate a fertile and profitable soil in a long term in a sustainable way. It also has a great environmental impact: the soil degrades faster, the biodiversity of insects and microorganisms decreases and the ability to store atmospheric carbon is lost. The abandonment of these activities causes problems at a socioeconomic level, since the capacity to produce crops and livestock is reduced, inequalities may arise between territories.
One of the reasons is the low fertility of the soil related to the overexploitation of livestock and agriculture over the years, in addition to the climatic conditions in these places. Mediterranean mountain areas have been facing abandonment of agriculture and livestock for years. The project, co-financed by the European Commission’s LIFE program, is led by the CREAF and the Planeses farm, where it is carried out on a real scale.
Polyfarming is a regenerative agriculture project that combines forest resources, livestock and crops to recover a fertile soil in Mediterranean mountain areas.
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