Introduction - Custòdia Agrària: Menorca's Land Stewardship programme (Eng)
Channel: GOB Menorca
Date: 2022-09-26

As a society, we are living through huge adversities at a global level. Climate change, biodiversity loss, natural resource depletion... Custòdia Agrària, Menorca’s Land Stewardship programme is a tool developed by GOB Menorca as a response to these problems at a local level, via sustainable food production.

We have over 15 years of experience establishing the programme in Menorca and currently work implementing it in other places. This is why we value collaboration and networking with other key stakeholders, be it at a insular level within the Balearics, at a national level, mediterranean-wide or beyond.

Our model is based on the philosophy of LAND STEWARDSHIP. Farmers who want to be part of the network of Custòdia Agrària sign an agreement for sustainable agricultural practices, with no economic transaction, through which they commit to respecting and implementing a series of practices when it comes to managing land, livestock and natural elements on the farm. In exchange, GOB Menorca commits to helping them in various ways.

The basic idea behind the programme is that we all have the responsibility in facing these pressing global issues.

More information: www.gobmenorca.com/custodia-agraria