Between the 4th – 7th June a group of 20 portuguese farmers, researchers and public administration people (Direcção Regional da Agricultura – Alentejo, Rede Rural Nacional) is visiting the region of The Burren, Ireland.
The visit to The Burren region is one of the Cross-Visits organized within the H2020 Project HNV-Link – Innovation for High Nature Value Farming (more info here).
This 3-day visit includes visits to farms participating in the scheme and a workshop focused on the needs of the Portuguese Montado system for a similar payment approach.
The main goal of this visit is to gain knowledge on the experience of local co-construction of result based agro-environmental measures and to discuss possible problems and applied solutions – and to discuss in the Portuguese group and with the involved people in the Burren, which pathways can be more fruitful for the implementation of similar RBPS in Alentejo, Portugal.
Summary of WP4 training week in Évora – 9 to 13 of April
In the morning of the fourth day, the practical application of the Territory game was prepared and after a nice lunch, to which all players and organizers were invited, the actual game was played. The workshop counted with the participation of 12 Sítio de Monfurado actors, ranging from public administration, research institutions, producer’s associations, and non-governmental organizations. The territory game served the purpose of: (i) developing a diagnosis of the present situation of Sítio de Monfurado, (ii) detailing a vision and (iii) drawing strategies to attain such a vision, all these tasks performed with a spatial representation and driven by the question – Which types of farming could exist in Sitio de Monfurado for the preservation of biodiversity and food security?In the last day, a review of the Territory Game was carried out, including the data analysis process.