Wakelyns
Arbrassons concert, Restinclieres Estate
Photo by João HN Palma
SouthEast Portugal. by João Palma
Shropshire, UK. Photo by Jo Smith, ORC
Portugal, photo by Michael den Herder
Photo by Michael den Herder
Limousin, Central France.
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Report by Organic Reseearch Centre
In March this year, we sadly lost one of the pioneers of organic agriculture, evolutionary plant breeding and agroforestry in the UK (and beyond), Professor Martin Wolfe.
Report by Tom Staton
The benefits of agroforestry on wildlife and biodiversity are relatively well established, but do these benefits translate to better pest control and pollination? This is the subject of a newly-published review of both the peer-reviewed scientific literature and the grey literature, such as unpublished theses and reports, with a focus on temperate silvoarable systems.
Report by Nuria Ferreiro-Domínguez (University of Santiago de Compostela, USC, Spain), Adolfo Rosati (Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis, CREA, Italy) and Rico Hübner (Technical University of Munich, TUM, Germany)
“Plant trees and continue farming” - that was the message from Andrew Doyle T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for forestry, at an Open Day on an agro-forestry site at a farm in Kilcock, Co. Kildare, in August. Agro-forestry is the planting of trees on farm land at lower density than normal woodlands so that farming activity can continue on the same land. It is funded through generous grants under the National Forestry Programme and these premia were significantly increased last year from €260 to €645 per hectare per year for 5 years.
Meet Marcin Wójcik, a farmer in the Low Beskid Mountains. His farm is an organic farm with bovine meat production where they are introducing various agroforestry practices
only english just for testing
On a buffer strip, at the boundary of an arable field, farmer Vincent Blagny is showing us how to pollard naturally established ash trees. Why so? The answers seem obvious: buffer strips can become, for farmers and other users, a productive space providing low cost biomass and biodiversity, fostering sustainable and profitable agricultural development at both farm and landscape level.
Otto Makkonen introduces the Vaahermäki farm, an agroforestry system combining sheep and forests.
Written for farmers and advisors this book will help you assess the potential business benefits of agroforestry for your farm or client and to understand the possible benefits to the wider environment.
The authors are leading researchers and practitioners with decades of experience in agroforestry from the UK and around the world.
This handbook is your essential guide to agroforestry and how to implement it on your farm.
The book includes: