The team of the European project is holding an information day in Cervecería Casa Paqui (Murcia) on Tuesday, 5th November
After two-and-a-half years of work, the Diverfarming project research group has drawn up the crop diversification map for Europe according to the different edaphoclimatic regions, and now is looking for members of the agricultural community to put that diversification into practice.
With the support of the European commission through its H2020 call, Diverfarming has established the best combinations of crops to increase environmental sustainability and economic security for farmers. With the intention of creating a ‘Diverfarming farmers’ community’ a calendar of days to disseminate the information has been established to involve the low sector under the name of ‘Be a Diverfarmer’. This informative round started last September with a seminar in Cordoba and now continues with the day programmed for Tuesday, 5th November in Cabezo de la Plata (Murcia).
This day will take place in Cervecería Casa Paqui (Carretera Estación nº 35, 30588, Murcia) and will start at 10 am with the presentation of the benefits of crop diversification and the practices of low inputs, by members of the organisations involved in the project in the Region of Murcia: Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, the research centre CEBAS – CSIC, the organisation ASAJA and the companies Industrias David and DISFRIMUR Logística.
In this specific case of the Region of Murcia, the crops to be diversified are mandarin, almond and the typical horticultural products of the Campo de Cartagena which define this zone. The diversifications planted for the mandarin consist in the intercropping with multiple crops of vetch, barley or oats with beans, or by intercropping with different crop rotations in the alleys of the mandarin trees. For almond, the intercropping will be with crops such as capers or thyme. In horticulture, cropping is being carried out associated with legumes.
To check the benefits of the diversifications on the ground, the days include a visit to the trial fields of mandarins and almonds in the Canteras farm in which those attending will be able to learn more about the project, resolve doubts and propose ideas, according to their experiences. Later on, there will be a lunch at the farm.
For further information on the project or to register in the ‘Diverfarming farmers’ community’ to diversify your land or to share your diversification experiences, please consult the following web: http://www.diverfarming.eu/index.php/es/inicio-be-a-diverfarmer
You can register by WhatsApp on 695183641.
Diverfarming is a project financed by the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Commission, within the challenge of “Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy”, which counts on the participation of the Universities of Cartagena and Córdoba (Spain), Tuscia (Italy), Exeter and Portsmouth (United Kingdom), Wageningen (Netherlands), Trier (Germany), Pecs (Hungary) and ETH Zurich (Switzerland), the research centres Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria (Italy), the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain) and the Natural Resources Institute LUKE (Finland), the agrarian organisation ASAJA, and the companies Casalasco and Barilla (Italy), Arento, LogísticaDFM and Industrias David (Spain), Nieuw Bromo Van Tilburg and Ekoboerdeij de Lingehof (Netherlands), Weingut Dr. Frey (Germany), Nedel-Market KFT and Gere (Hungary) and Paavolan Kotijuustola and Polven Juustola (Finland).
