Hungarian wood pastures

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Why establish biodiverse pastures rich in legumes?

Dehesa is a man-made silvopastoral ecosystem. It is characterised by a high biodiversity, but pasture production can be low, especially in winter and summer. Consequently, many farmers are dependent on external fodder sources, making the dehesa a less economically sustainable ecosystem.

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Featured Farm of the day

"Rindergilde Geesthacht" and "Family Farm Staggen"

The two featured farms are both based in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein - Germany’s most sparsely wooded federal state, located between the Baltic and the Northern Sea in Northwestern Germany. In 2017, both farms won an award for their well-maintained ‘Knicks’.

A gastronomy tv show about wood pastures and products from wood pastures.

Goats and Fraxinus, Portugal

Grape harvesting in between Sorbus domestica

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

Typical landscape of Montado with Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia)

Squashes in SRC silvoarable system

Clover ley and apple trees

Sheep in Apple Orchards Loughgall

Willow coppice, Netherlands

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

Silvoarable agroforestry experiment with poplar and barley

Hungarian wood pastures