Multifunctionnality in the landscape
This image illustrates rather well how multifucntionnal a landscape is. On the first plan, the vineyards, irigated and productive ilustrates the actual intensive production dedicated to the general market. Just behind, you can distinguish on your left a new olive plantation recently planted on the slopes of a gentle hill covered by a ruined windmill. The yellow cors are due to a specific flower (Oxalis) which grows on cultivated lands in south Europe. Close to it, a flock is grazing a pasture under an old olive plantation. it is one of the last living element of an old system (cereals and sheep) that was very important in this area but that had decreased a lot for 50 years (see in the blog the old postcards). The renewed windmill on your right is an indication that these elements of the past are now considered as a prt of the local heritage as the castle on the background.One challenge for the future could be to conceive new farming systems, related to this past and able to produce inough profit to permit both farmers and these landscapes to live. That could be possible with public help (as CAP did in the past) or by integrating the landscape production in the price of the product (specific wine, olive oil or flock) or with other services (specific touristic trails like the ecopista), A specific trademark would guarantee the origin, the quality and the type of production and services.
That was one of the ideas presented by the students during the final presentation.
What is your opinion about it?