Trás-os-Montes food system.

In Trás-os-Montes, smallholder farms (<5 ha) focus on perennial tree crops. They face drought, erosion, an aging farmer population, and limited digital tool adoption.

Trás-os-Montes factsheet.

Average Farmer Age
0

Challenges

Environmental

Drought, erosion

Socio-economic

Ageing farmer community, missing awareness of digital tools for farming & marketing, gap between urban and rural populations
Median Farm Size
< 0 ha
Farmer Network
0

Type of
Agriculture

Perennial tree crops (olives, grapes, nuts & fruits)

About the Trás-os-Montes food system.

Whereas having a more temperate climate, production systems in north-eastern Portugal are similar in their focus on perennial tree cultivations (olives, grapes, fruits, nuts) by smallholder farmers (avg. size of 5 ha).

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