CarbonPastura
Challenges and opportunities for increasing carbon sequestration and soil fertility with controlled high-intensity pastures in the Osona region
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Start Date: 01/11/2024
End Date: 03/06/2026
Controlled high-intensity grazing is a key strategy for soil carbon capture in the current context of climate change. This system, based on high grazing intensity for short periods and long recovery periods, allows vegetation to be consumed at its optimal stage of maturity, both nutritionally and phenologically. This ensures pasture productivity, prevents soil compaction, and simultaneously increases carbon capture and fertility. The objective of this project is to identify the challenges and opportunities to enhance soil carbon capture and fertility through this practice in Catalonia, with a specific example in the Osona region. This system will be thoroughly analyzed, assessing its effects on soil fertility and resilience indicators, as well as its technical, administrative, and economic opportunities and limitations (CAP 2023-2027). Additionally, the carbon credits or climate credits this model can generate will be estimated, its agricultural value chain described, and other similar models in the region identified.
Action of the Pla estratègic de la PAC 2023-2027 co-financed by:
