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Farming with pollards - A productive way of pruning

Why pollard trees?

Pollarding trees optimises renewable biomass production and facilitates local production of firewood, ramial chipped wood (RCW), lumber and fodder. Harvest occurs over decades, depending on the chosen frequency of pruning and utilization. Many tree varieties can be pollarded to provide a range of products. Pollarded trees have an increased lifespan. As their growth is limited, they better resist wind and drought, and this may be of particular benefit in global warming conditions. Old pollards use compartmentation to ensure living cells are protected from diseases and dead cells in the middle of the trunk. The tree trunks, and even the roots, are also great biodiversity habitats for flora and fauna.

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Gunarsholt’s windbreaks in Iceland

The farm in Gunarsholt belongs to the governmental agency – Soil Conservation Service (SCS). In 1944, Icelandic government purchased the land and undertook efforts to restore the land to the sustainable production. After many years of intensive work, the farm is presently simply submerged in greenness.

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Olive tree silvarable-pastoral system, near Viterbo, Italy

Agforward General Assembly in 2017

Wild asparagus in traditional olive orchard at CRA OLI Spoleto, Italy

Typical landscape of Montado with Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia)

3rd EURAF conference, Montpellier, France, May 2016

Sweet cherry in combination with vegetables on an organic farm

Iberian pig feeding on holm oak acorns

Willow coppice, Netherlands

Fattening pigs in willow Research Centre Foulum

Silvoarable agroforestry experiment with poplar and barley