AGRO-SILVO-PASTORAL GUIDELINE

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INTRODUCTION

Fact sheet - Changes in the mediterranean region in the last century
Fact sheet - The conventional production model and its consequences
Fact sheet - The regenerative production model: a proposal to overcome the environmental and climate crisis

THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE ECOSYSTEM

The soil

Fact sheet - Nourish and preserve the habitat of the soil food web: the principles of a regenerative production system
Fact sheet - High diversity of plants: maximum production and variety of food for the soil trophic web
Fact sheet - The return of plant materials to the soil: balance between mineralisation and humification
Fact sheet - Interventions that block the functioning of soil biological processes
Fact sheet - Soil functioning and the carbon cycle: carbon inputs, outputs and stocks
Fact sheet - Water, the limiting factor of the productivity of the system
Fact sheet - Indicators of soil health
Fact sheet - Analysis of a productive system from a regenerative perspective

The forest

Fact sheet - Objectives of forest management
Fact sheet - Elements of forest maturity to maintain forest biodiversity
Fact sheet - Characteristics of tree species
Fact sheet - Tree growth and crown development
Fact sheet - Forest regeneration
Fact sheet - Forest structure: collective versus individual growth
Fact sheet - Forest products
Fact sheet - Analysis of the forest as a productive system from a regenerative perspective

Pasture management 

Fact sheet - Functioning of the pasture
Fact sheet - Types of pasture species and combinations thereof
Fact sheet - Needs and behaviour of the animals in the pasture
Fact sheet - Types of domestic farm animals
Fact sheet - Main breeds of domestic farm animals
Fact sheet - The role of dung beetles in pastures with livestock
Fact sheet - Analysis of a pasture as a productive system from a regenerative perspective

Crop management from a regenerative perspective 

Fact sheet - Aspects that determine crop management
Fact sheet - Combining crops in terms of time and space for greater production and the biological activity of the system
Fact sheet - Types of fruit trees
Fact sheet - Types of garden crops
Fact sheet - Analysis of crops as a productive system from a regenerative perspective

THE POLYFARMING SYSTEM 

Fact sheet - Components of the Polyfarming system

The forest as a source of resources

Fact sheet - Forest harvesting
Fact sheet - The BRF technique
Fact sheet - Biochar
Fact sheet - Cultivation on trunk beds
Fact sheet - Bocashi-type organic fermented fertiliser
Fact sheet - Biofertilisers

The livestock as a tool of management 

Fact sheet - Rearing chicks and young rabbits before their transfer to pasture
Fact sheet - Raising chickens on pasture
Fact sheet - Raising rabbits on pasture
Fact sheet - Managing cows in pasture through intensive controlled grazing

Crops

Fact sheet - Managing fruit trees on pasture
Fact sheet - Managing an orchard without tillage I
Fact sheet - Managing an orchard without tillage II

The Polyfarming system functioning 

Fact sheet - Characterisation of the different elements of the Polyfarming system
Fact sheet - Combination of different elements: benefits of synergies between uses in Polyfarming
Fact sheet - Complementarity of products and labour between uses in Polyfarming
Fact sheet - Flows and integration between uses in the Polyfarming system
Fact sheet - Lessons learned after the implementation of the Polyfarming system I. Forest, pastures and crops
Fact sheet - Lessons learned after the implementation of the Polyfarming system II. Animals and Polyfarming as a whole

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE FROM THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES

Fact sheet - Costs and key points of forest harvesting
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of producing and applying BRF
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of producing and applying biochar
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of producing and applying trunk beds
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of producing and applying Bocashi-type organic fertiliser
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of producing and applying biofertilisers
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of setting up a pasture
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of raising young chicks and rabbits
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of chicken production on pasture
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of the production of rabbits on pasture
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of managing cows on pasture through intensive controlled grazing
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of managing fruit trees on pasture
Fact sheet - Costs and key points of managing a non-tillage orchard
Fact sheet - Balance of costs and incomes at farm level of the Polyfarming system I
Fact sheet - Balance of costs and incomes at farm level of the Polyfarming system II

BENEFITS OF THE POLYFARMING SYSTEM 

Fact sheet - Main benefits of the Polyfarming system
Fact sheet - Improvement of soil conditions
Fact sheet - Increase in biodiversity II. Birds
Fact sheet - Reversal of rural abandonment

BENEFITS OF THE POLYFARMING SYSTEM 

Fact sheet - Conclusions
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