RR2 Pays de Cévennes, Occitania (France)

Current status

The Pays des Cévennes is a territory of 95 municipalities and 149 360 inhabitants in which are included the 72 municipalities of Alès Agglomération. An entity that completes the administrative perimeters of departments, agglomeration communities and municipalities, with the aim of developing a common development project. The Pays des Cévennes has launched many structuring projects to develop harmoniously and sustainably this territory of 149,360 inhabitants. 

The area is suffering a lot with the effects of the climatic changes: drought, heavy rain in autumn and high temperature. These effects impact the forest and agroforest trees, the Silvo pastoralism practices and therefore the sustainability of the agriculture in the territory. 

AGROOF supports pig farmers of the association Baron des Cévennes who develop silvopastoral farms in Cevennes, working on tree varieties selection, and tree and pig management at a farm scale. This RR will explore innovative agroforestry plots, monitored to evaluate the microclimate and agronomical services they can offer. 

 

Leader:
AGROOF

Regional authority:
Occitanie Région

Key stakeholders to engage:

  • Community of 72 municipalities of Ales Agglomération which has set up an ambitious agro ecological development project to increase food autonomy, develop agroforestry and adaptation to climate change. The Grand Alès collaborates with Agroof for the Agroforestry part (projects, animation, training).
  • National Park of Cevennes. The Park is the only one in France which aims an agricultural part as patrimony to preserve.
  • Association Baron des Cévennes: association of breeders involved in agroforestry pig’s systems. 

Actions to be implemented: 

  • Weather, soil and vegetation monitoring and characterization; evaluation of the impacts of traditional management with different degree of resources exploitation
  • Implementation of NBS, inspired by the PDA’s to improve soil cover, fodder composition, water retention and, more in general, enhance the economic resiliency for the farmers
  • Training actions for farmers
  • Regulation actions to propose better solutions for CAP regulations to favour agrosilvopastoral systems

Specific Key Performance Indicators:

  • Number of stakeholders and end-users attending workshops
  • Number of testing or demonstrating projects with farmers
  • Number of policy recommendations and guidelines for agroforest management
  • Proposal for a contract for landowner and farmers for common land use
  • Social media communications for public awareness about climate change’s risks and agroforestry system resilience
  • Economic benefits of climate mitigation measures and increase efficiency of these agroforestry systems

 

 

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