EURAF Policy Briefing 16: Agroforestry for the Green Deal transition
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Dear EURAF members and fans,
The European agroforestry federation is managed on a day-to-day basis by a board of 6 people, whose purpose is to serve the interests of you, Europe's agroforestry researchers, practitioners and geeks. The board serves for a 2-year mandate.
Election of the new EURAF Board will occur on the the 19th of May, during the EURAF General Assembly taking place from 17h to 18h in Nuoro (Italy).
The General Assembly is open to every body with this link.
Starting this year the German Association for Agroforestry (DeFAF) is now offering an extensive training program on agroforestry for farmers (practicioner course) and agricultural advisors (planning course). The two courses, lasting about a year, are organized in the frame of the Agroforestry Academy, which is planned to be developed into a recognized training center for topics related to agroforestry in the long term.
Faiderbia albida coming into leaf in a maize field near Mazabuka
It has long been obvious that a truly regenerative agricultural system is one that minimises its dependence on external inputs like inorganic fertilisers, phytosanitary products and diesel. Regenerative farmers focus on understanding, applying and exploiting the resources provided by every farm’s local ecology