00:00The preliminary results of the first year of the Regenerative Agriculture Project Regenera
00:09CAT have been made public, a work coordinated by the Center for Ecological Research and
00:14Forestry Applications and developed in Catalonia.
00:17Javier is one of its researchers and tells us what they are trying to demonstrate with
00:21the project.
00:25The aim is somehow to have data to be able to justify that regenerative agriculture
00:29is as valid as conventional agriculture, or more in some aspects, to be able to feed
00:33all the people on the planet.
00:35In the case of conventional farms, there are very high carbon emissions, both because there
00:39is production of more fertilizers and pesticides, and because the soil itself does not accumulate
00:44carbon.
00:45Regenerative agriculture, on the other hand, accumulates carbon in the soil, and does not
00:48use any of these products.
00:52Faced with the need to promote models that maintain a balance between the requirements
01:00of the agricultural sector, nature and adaptation to drought or rising temperatures, the regenerative
01:05model could be a solution, as it prioritizes techniques that favor soil health.
01:10We traveled to Cambrils on the outskirts of the city of Barcelona to learn first-hand about
01:14the comparison between regenerative agriculture and conventional agriculture.
01:21This study is based on comparing the same crop planted at the same time in nearby fields,
01:25but in different ways.
01:33We asked Ernest to show us the conventionally planted field to begin with.
01:40Here we are in the field of conventional agriculture, where we see that we have bare soil, where
01:44it has been tilled, compared to a field that you will see is completely different.
01:52The regeneratively seeded field looks noticeably different.
01:59This is the regenerative field where we have the same crop, where there is a crop there are
02:02corridors for it to grow.
02:07And here we have not tilled for four years now.
02:12We do not use plastic mulch, we use pruning residues, plant remains that are left on the
02:16surface to be able to plant and prevent weeds from growing.
02:25According to the study, regenerative zixini production has registered economic savings of
02:28more than 30 percent compared to conventional production while avoiding the use of pesticides
02:33and chemical fertilizers.
02:35Encouraging data for a more sustainable production.
02:37André Flores, Telesur, Barcelona.
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