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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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Agroforestry on contour swales in Flanders: Venturing into Aquaculture? (Belgium)

The swales reduce erosion to zero: the landscape can rehydrate again and nutrients stay on the land. The water retention capacity on the landscape increases which enables venturing into land-based aquaculture.

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29-11-2014

Agroforestry Field Day in France

Organized within the framework of the following agro-ecological agroforestry project: “L'agroforesterie au service du projet agro-écologique sur les territoires”.

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Silvopastoral system in Poland

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

Sweet cherry in combination with vegetables on an organic farm

Grazed orchard

Bisons in a forest reserve, Poland

Agroforestry with willow used as medicinal fodder

Switzerland

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

Knepp Re-Wilding Project

Alley-cropping at Vattholma, Sweden

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