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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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Mulberry (Morus spp.) for livestock feeding - A useful source of protein

Why use mulberry to feed livestock?

Mulberry is used as a livestock fodder in many countries around the world (e.g. India and Japan). The leaves of the mulberry are known for its high protein content (15-28%), good amino acid profile (> 46%), high digestibility (>80%), high mineral content with ash values up to 25%, low fibre content (7.1-8.1%) and excellent palatability.

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Featured Farm of the day

Silvopastoral Agroforestry System on the farm Eichhof, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

The Riecken family is converting their dairy farm Eichhof in northern Germany to a silvopastoral agroforestry farm. Felix and his sister Sina Riecken, young farmers of just 26 and 28 years, see agroforestry as an appropriate way to solve burning problems of the world, such as the acute danger of climate change.

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Silvopastoral system with Ash at Loughall, Northern Ireland

Olive trees + grazing + traditional stone walls

Holm oak, pasture + turkey

2nd EURAF Conference, 4-6 June 2014, Cottbus, Germany

Grazed orchard

Goats and Fraxinus, Portugal

Walnut and Maize

Celtic Pigs in Silvopastoral Systems

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

Willow silvopasture