SouthEast Portugal. by João Palma
Photo by P. Paris (CNR IBAF)
Rosa Mosquera-Losada presenting an overview of EURAF activities
Foros de Vale Figueira, Portugal by João Palma
June 2011 by Organic Research Center.
Photo: Anastasia Pantera
UK
Photo by Joana Amaral Paulo
Photo by Gabriela Brändle, Agroscope
Bedfordshire, UK
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Why manage shrub encroachment in cork oak montado?
Why do we need to support tree regeneration?
Dehesas and Montados are very suitable for pasture production. However, livestock grazing hampers the natural regeneration of the tree layer, especially in areas with challenging soil and climate conditions. Seed predation by domestic and wild animals, abiotic stresses (drought, high summer temperatures and infertile soils), and the lack of suitable microsites for seed germination are major impediments to seedling establishment and survival.
Why holistic management?
The increased demand for meat is driven by a rising human population, and a dramatic growth in meat consumption per person. Farmers and scientists have sought to curb the adverse environmental impacts of livestock by increasing production efficiency, and reducing its contribution to human consumption. Reduction in livestock feed components, which compete with human food crop production, is one approach to mitigating negative environmental impacts and strengthening future food security.
Why triticale?
Productivity of natural pastures in Iberian dehesas is usually low and very variable (on average 1440 kg dry matter (DM) ha/yr). They also provide low nutritive value forage, containing 4-20% legume fraction, 9-12% crude protein, 44-59% neutral detergent fibre and 28-37% acid detergent fibre.
AIAF, the Italian agroforestry association, is glad to announce that, the next Academic year 2020-2021, will collaborate with the University of Padova (Dept. TESAF) in developing a new study track focused on “Agroforestry Systems” within the MSc in Forest and Environmental Sciences.
La conferenza finale del progetto AFINET "Fostering agroforestry transition " si è svolta il 10 dicembre presso l'ufficio di rappresentanza Nouvelle-Aquitaine a Bruxelles. L'evento ha riunito oltre 30 persone per discutere del ruolo dell’agroforestry nel futuro dell'agricoltura europea.
Anastasia Pantera dell'Università Agraria di Atene ha presentato l'evento, in cui Rosa Mosquera e Javier Rigueiro della Università di Santiago di Compostela hanno presentato i risultati del progetto.
Il 9 dicembre, AFINET ha organizzato una sessione “Agroforestry knowledge-based innovation: bringing scientists and practitioners together” al Parlamento Europeo a Bruxelles a cui hanno partecipato circa 60 persone.
On December 9th, AFINET held its Parliamentary Session in Brussels. Nearly 60 people attended the conference “Agroforestry knowledge-based innovation: bringing scientists and practitioners together”.
AFINET has been working since April 2017 in fostering the adoption of agroforestry practices among the nine European regions involved in the project. On our last trip to Brussels to present the outcomes of AFINET, partners managed to find some time to plant trees in the surroundings of Brussels.
AFINET Final Conference “Fostering Agroforestry Transition” took place on December 10th at the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Representation Office in Brussels. The event gathered over 30 people to discuss the role of agroforestry in the future of European agriculture.
Anastasia Pantera from the Agricultural University of Athens introduced the event, where Rosa Mosquera and Javier Rigueiro from USC presented the outcomes and results of the project.