RETRO-INNOVACIÓN, SOSTENIBILIDAD Y VIABILIDAD DE LA DEHESA ESPAÑOLA Y EL MONTADO PORTUGUÉS

Abstract

Retro-innovation consists of the reintroduction of traditional techniques and processes to conserve the environment and exploit it economically in a sustainable manner. In the case of the dehesas of Extremadura and the portuguese montados, there are precedents of rational and sustainable exploitation, carried out by the hieronymite monks of the Monastery of Guadalupe between 1389 and 1835. By applying their techniques and processes in some of the current extremaduran dehesas, it has been possible to make their sustainable economic use viable.

Key words: Retro-innovation; Extremaduran dehesa; Agricultural management; Sustainability; Economic viability.

JEL CODES: N54, O39, Q15, Q57.