Understory management in alley cropping systems in France

Policy Briefings

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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Rediscovering valonia oak acorns

Why sustain valonia oak agroforestry systems?

Two valonia oak systems are present in Greece: ancient open forests (silvopastoral systems) and agricultural fields with valonia oak trees (agro-silvopastoral systems). Both have significant socio-economic, ecological and cultural value. They provide ecosystem services and support traditional uses including, grazing, acorn cup and nut collection, harvesting wood (for shipbuilding, firewood and charcoal) and collection of aromatic and medicinal plants.

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Featured Farm of the day

Lynbreck Croft, highlands of Scotland

Our goal at Lynbreck is to build a profitable, small farm business where every decision outcome must have a positive environmental impact.

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Managing non-crop vegetation within the field

If trees and crops are the productive components of the agroforestry alley cropping systems, a third component must be considered: the non-crop vegetation at the tree strip.

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Factsheet

Alley cropping, Seabuckthorn & Buffaloberry, canola and alfalfa

Willow silvopasture

Whitehall Farm, Cambs, UK, apples and arable

Cereal silvoarable agroforestry (South Portugal)

Switzerland

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

Knepp Re-Wilding Project

Alley-cropping at Vattholma, Sweden

Montado + cattle

Darliner Farm

Understory management in alley cropping systems in France