What the Catalonia CoVE aims to achieve:

The EVECSA Catalania CoVE, comprising agricultural school from Manresa, Beta Technological Centre and Boscat, aims to advance innovative and sustainable agriculture in Catalonia.

The objective of our CoVE is to minimise agriculture’s environmental impact while adapting to the realities of climate change. In our wooded terrain, there is a lack of mosaic structures and a lot of forest mass. We want to look for resilient structures to deal with the prolonged drought and minimise forest fires that are very present in our forested geography. We want to combine good grazing and interact with the cleaning of the undergrowth. We can take advantage of the chopped branch and add it in the agriculture lands in order to lower the temperature of the crops.

The Manresa Agricultural School trains students in ecological agriculture and livestock practices, emphasising techniques that minimise soil impact and promote regenerative, sustainable farming (or alive grown). Centre Beta is a technological centre and is responsible for carrying out different projects for private companies directly related to agriculture and the environment, in order to develop a more sustainable agriculture. Finally, Boscat is an association federation of forest owners with the common goal of cleaning and conserving the undergrowth, avoiding fires and taking advantage of the cut wood branches and researching new uses for forest remains.