This clip features the testimony by farmer Kostas Iosifellis, an olive grower in Lesvos, Greece. It brings the spotlight on mulching, one of the agro-ecological practices promoted by Mara-Mediterra.

Kostas Iosifellis has been involved in olive cultivation since he was a little boy and has been applying agro-ecological practices for more than 20 years.

Watch how he explains why the use of mulching has enabled to achieve lower fertilizer costs, improved soil structure, as well as moisture retention.

His testimony comes with subtitles in either English, French, Arabic, Greek or Turkish, which are the working languages in Mara-Mediterra’s hotspots of land and water degradation.

The testimonial forms part of an initial set of real-life stories of working with Nature-based Solutions by farmers in Italy, Greece and Malta.