Transforming farmers project promotes almond exchange between Portugal and Spain
Almond Kernel
Spain
Portugal
Published Jan 6, 2022
Tridge summary
Food4Sustainability, a collaborative laboratory in the area of agricultural sustainability, and AlVelAl, a Spanish association for regenerative landscapes, joined together to create the ERASMUS+ Transforming Farmers’ communities project. TransFarmers promotes the exchange of good practices in almond exploration for farmers and other interested parties. To this end, visits will be promoted between Portugal and Spain, namely, Idanha-a-Nova and Almería – reference regions in almond production.
Original content
TransFarmers focuses on intensive almond farms due to the high landscape implications, economic potential and extensive application of successful interventions to preserve the local heritage of one member of the consortium: the Aland Foundation. TransFarmers focuses on creating re-skilling methods for adult education and promoting an ERASMUS+ experience among all citizens and generations. Among the various activities planned under the TransFarmers, two studies stand out to assess the obstacles faced by farmers and rural communities with changing the ways of cultivation of almonds and identifying the best successful practices - investing in regenerative practices in almond trees can increase the value of ecosystem services by 17-28% in just one year. This project aims to organize two workshops to create a network of almond producers and promote synergies between all interested parties (farmers, companies, research units, municipalities) in order to form and develop an “almond ...
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