El 6 de novembre, Gara Villalba va presentar la seva recerca titulada "Circularitat per Regenerar: El Paper del Carboni i els Nutrients en la Salut del Sòl" al 24è Congrés de l’APEVC, un esdeveniment clau celebrat a la Fira de Reus destinat a posar en valor el paper estratègic del verd en la salut pública i la configuració d’un territori més habitable.
Title: Literature review on the potential of urban waste for the fertilization of urban agriculture: A closer look at the metropolitan area of Barcelona / Urban agriculture (UA) activities are increasing in popularity and importance due to greater food demands and reductions in agricultural land, also advocating for greater local food supply and security as well as the social and community cohesion perspective.
Proof-of-Concept funded through URBAG project, January 2024-June 2025. What is hindering nutrient circularity in urban argiculture? The impoverished state and quality of the urban and peri-urban agricultural soil undermines nutrient circularity. Nutrient recovery is of no use unless soil is healthy!!
Gara Villalba gave a talk on "Urban Green Infrastructures: Opportunities for Circularity of Resources and Resilience" in which she discussed the work done by the URBAG project, more specifically on energy-water-nutrients nexus of peri-urban agriculture using the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona as a case study.