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Small plots will be used as cultivation area, making the management easier andusing drip irrigation systems. The orientation will be North-South, in a flatcultivated surface or with a gentle slope in order to help the water evacuation.This water could be reused for irrigation proposes. The plots can be delimitedwith bricks, wood or not and other kind of small and natural fences; and filledwith compost, peat, topsoil. The exploitation of these agricultural surfaces canbe carried out by families with shortage of resources, neighbourhoodassociations, unemployed or retired people, which will have technical supportfrom the very beginning from agronomical specialist (it takes part of theeducational activities of the urban orchard). It is considered a social/communityspace where people and families can obtain profit from nature (healthyvegetables cultivated by themselves with traditional techniques, enjoy the calmand beauty of green and natural areas improving their wellbeing, etc.)
Different plants grow in these plots: Vegetables for food, companion planting asnatural pest controller and attract pollinators, fruit trees, etc.
This kind of urban agricultural activities can include sustainable energy systemsas the combination with solar panels to the pump for irrigation system.
The NBS creates some modifications in the environment.
The period of recovery of the initial economic investment of the NBS is between 0 and 10 years.