LIFE Regenerate intends to prove a sustainable and profitable new businessmodel for small and medium-sized farms on oak-based silvopastoral systems inSpain and Sardinia. Its main objective is to demonstrate that these farms canbecome self-sufficient and profitable based on added value production and resource efficiency, while conserving nature. The project has the following specific objectives: Combat the loss of natural regeneration and soil degradation in degradedsilvopastoral areas by providing effective, mosaic landscape managementprocedures, improving soil quality and increasing biodiversity; Recover the practice of multi-species rotational grazing, adapted to improvenatural capital and optimise commercial advantages; andRecycle biomass waste within the farm, reducing external input of fodderand creating alternative sources of income. In particular, the project willexplore the development of the following revenue streams: organicfertiliser, high-protein cattle feed, and cultivation of edible mushrooms.
Deadline 29 October 2022
Programme LIFE+
Institute UNISS/ISPAAM
Contact Antonello Franca antonio.franca@cnr.it
Role Partner
Link http://www.regenerate.eu/
Area Ottimizzazione dell’uso delle risorse naturali negli ecosistemi agricoli e forestali