Preparing the land

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New approaches to producing selected varieties of chestnut - Meeting the demands for quality chestnuts

Why do we need new systems for the production of chestnut?

Agroforestry with chestnut (Castanaea sativa Miller) is a traditional land use system in the eastern part of the Lugo province in Galicia, North West Spain. Although chestnut groves are rarely intercropped (due to the low understorey production) or grazed (due to the fear of tree damage), the groves create a finegrained mosaic of land uses including cropland and forests. However, where high slopes make chestnut harvesting unprofitable, pig grazing does occur during the autumn and winter. Chestnut woodlands are also one of the best habitats for the commercial production of edible mushrooms.

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Featured Farm of the day

Herdade do Freixo do Meio (Portugal)

After being confiscated in 1974 during the Carnation Revolution, HFM was returned to the former owners in 1990 and since then tried to bring a new way of managing this heritage guided by the ethics of respect for the people and for the environment.

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A comprehensive diagnosis of the land potential to bear trees (studying the soil, climate, topography, etc.) allow farmers to choose the appropriate species to plant. It also helps identify appropriate soil cultivation operations to be carried out before planting.

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Factsheet

Bisons in a forest reserve, Poland

Sweet cherry in combination with vegetables on an organic farm

Montado near Montemor-o-Novo

Silvoarable agroforestry experiment with poplar and barley

Celtic Pigs in Silvopastoral Systems

Olive trees + grazing + traditional stone walls

Darliner Farm

Trees planted on grasslands and between fields in the “Juchowo Farm”

Wakelyns Agroforestry, Suffolk, UK

Silvopastoral system with Ash at Loughall, Northern Ireland

Preparing the land