Improved sustainability for farmsteads: using renewable energies Authors Jordi Vilalta Mora Consorci per al Desenvolupament de la Catalunya Central Keywords: farms, sustainability, renewable energies, self-sufficiency. Abstract At present there is a very high dependence on fossil fuels, so everything from farmsteads’ basic energy needs to their production systems are tied to the constant increase in prices and to the risk of future supply shortages. The farmstead, with its efficient and effective use of the resources in its surroundings, was once a symbol of self-sufficiency in rural areas and a return to such high levels of resource efficiency and effectiveness linked to natural elements like sunlight, wind, water and biomass should be fostered.The new technologies, in particular, would allow this to be achieved in an efficient and intelligent way.Keywords: farms, sustainability, renewable energies, self-sufficiency. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biography Jordi Vilalta Mora, Consorci per al Desenvolupament de la Catalunya Central Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 36: juny 2014 Section Agroforum License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal QUADERNS AGRARIS, authors accept the following terms: Authors assign to ICEA (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to QUADERNS AGRARIS.Authors answer to ICEA for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.ICEA declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal QUADERNS AGRARIS is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
