Shaping the trees

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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Weed suppression in alley cropping in Hungary - The benefits of mulching with herbaceous biomass

Why use mulch?

Mechanical weed management can be problematic because of eg. space availability and risk of tree damage. The costs of weed control per area is, therefore, higher than in large scale monocultures. Use of herbicides is not recommended, due to potential damage to the trees. Straw cover is a possible method of weed control, but its effectiveness depends on local circumstances (e.g. it is not effective in windy areas). Further, its removal is required during winter as it attracts rodents.

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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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Trees planted at wide spacing naturally develop a shorter trunk, with a greater tendency to a sinuous and forked shape. They often bear many vigorous lateral branches that can hamper the movement of agricultural machinery.

Documents:

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Factsheet

Agroforestry with chicken

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

Agroforestry with willow used as medicinal fodder

Sweet cherry in combination with vegetables on an organic farm

3rd EURAF conference, Montpellier, France, May 2016

Clover ley and apple trees

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

Iberian pig feeding on holm oak acorns

Traditional meadow in Joensuu, Finland

Silvoarable agroforestry under cork oak (Quercus suber)

Shaping the trees