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Grazed orchard

Photo by Michael den Herder

Weed control at Bosques Naturales

Spain. Photo by: Adolfo Rosati

Mixed livestock browsing in holm oak montado

Photo by João Palma

Whitehall Farm, Cambs, UK, apples and arable

June 2011 by Organic Research Center.

Agforward General Assembly in 2017

Olive tree silvarable-pastoral system, near Viterbo, Italy

Photo by P. Paris (CNR IBAF)

Willow silvopasture

Elm Farm, Berkshire, UK

Authochtonous goat breed (Serpentina) grazing under Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia)

SouthEast Portugal. by João Palma

Oak agro-silvo-pastoral system

Near Bolsena Lake, Italy. Photo by P. Paris (CNR-IBAF)

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

Photo by Adolfo Rosati

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Agroforestry Policy Briefings? Why?

1. Agroforestry and the new CAP's Green Architecture

2. Agroforestry in the EU Forest Strategy

3. Agroforestry and CAP Direct Payments

4. Agroforestry and Enhanced Conditionality

5. Agroforestry and Ecoschemes

6. Agroforestry and Pillar II of the new CAP

7. Agroforestry CAP Monitoring

8. Agroforestery for Carbon Farming

9. AF Policy in England

10. EURAF reacts to the Commission's advice on CAP SPs

11. EU Agroforestry Policy for a North American Audience

12. EURAF reacts to the EU "Fit for 55 Package"

13. EURAF welcomes the “EU Soil Strategy for 2030”

14. Agroforestry in the CAP post 01/01/2023

15. Monitoring Trees Outside Forests in the EU

16. Agroforestry for the Green Deal transition

17. ENVI amendments fatally weaken the LULUCF Regulation

18. Agroforestry and the EU Nature Restoration Regulation

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Key challenges of orchard grazing - Issues to consider before introducing sheep

Why should you plan carefully?

The potential benefits from grazing apple orchards with sheep include a reduction in mowing costs and an additional source of grass for the sheep. The sheep can promote nutrient cycling and can benefit from the shelter in winter.

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Dehesa of Casablanca, Oliva de Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain

The former Sylva-Saltus-Ager land use system of the Romans, by which the forest, the pasture and the crop field were established in separate areas, have been integrated today into the so-called Dehesa land use system of southwestern Spain.

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