CARES - Center for Agroecology and Regeneration for the Semiarid Region

(Re)learning the ways of knowing and practicing an agroecological metabolism, combining productive capacity with the preservation of natural resources.

This is the purpose of the Agroecology and Regeneration Center for the Semi-Arid, an aggregating hub based on a network governance model, with the Horta da Malhadinha as a space for experimentation, monitoring and demonstration.

A space where different forms of agricultural production with a recognized ecological basis take place, creating dynamic systems that approximate the structure and function of natural ecosystems.

Systems that allow for expanding knowledge on the resilience of practices in semi-arid contexts, preserving and rebuilding soil fertility, preventing erosion, using water in a rational and efficient manner, contributing to the maintenance of nutrients in the system, valuing and conserving biological diversity, minimising greenhouse gas emissions, and facilitating human adaptation to climate change.

This transformation is only possible if this challenge is tackled on three simultaneous fronts:

- with more knowledge, ensuring the principles that can be used to design and manage sustainable agroecosystems;

- with the promotion of effective and innovative practices that can be demonstrated, helping farmers to make decisions that are more appropriate to their context;

- with community awareness, activating the means for these changes to take place.

As a living laboratory, this is the purpose of the Centre for Agroecology and Regeneration for the Semi-Arid, empowering, mentoring, and co-creating the agroecological transition that urgently needs to be implemented.

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