
The Bank of Shared Machinery is a project promoted by the ADV de Producció Ecològica de Ponent for the joint use of agricultural machinery by partner and / or collaborating entities.
To incorporate a tool into the Shared Machinery Bank, two basic criteria are taken into account: that it improves the management of the farm and that it has a cost that is difficult to amortize at an individual level.
The tool must allow the application of agricultural techniques that contribute to responding to the collective needs of users. There are machines that make it possible to improve the conditions of cultivation, the efficiency in the use of resources, increase the fertility of the soil, or the biodiversity of the farm, among others. The Shared Machinery Bank has a Subsoiler to descompact in depth without altering the plant coers, a Laminated roller to be able to create cushions and protect the soil, and a Vertical tiller in order to incorporate the compost under the row of woody crops.
The machines that are bought through the Shared Machinery Bank are those that, despite being very useful, are used infrequently at farm level, therefore consituting an expense that is difficult to amortize at an individual level.
Partner entities and collaborators (such as research centres) can access the shared machinery in exchange for a rental, which is used to maintain the shared equipment.