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15-03-2019

The position has a start date of August 2019 and application deadline of 10th April.

05-03-2019

Farmers are financially supported in setting up an agroforestry system. The focus is on wild fruit trees and trees for high value timber that have rarely been planted so far.

Photo: João Palma
04-03-2019

Around 700 amendments have been proposed for the current ESF+ proposal. A key aspect of this financial instrument is its increasing budget to 120.5 billion €. Another change of potential interest for agroforestry is the increase of the territorial cooperation (INTERREG) goal to 3% of total funding.

18-02-2019

The last of the project outputs will be the creation of short educational videos on the possibilities of agroforestry implementation at existing farms and the benefits of using it. Videos will be freely available on the internet.

06-02-2019

The award winning BBC2 programme "This Farming Life" captured the first full year os Lynbreck Croft as a new agroforestry farm.

31-01-2019

The event was a big success and can be seen a milestone for agroforestry development in the country.

23-01-2019

SMART project was dedicated to agroforestry systems associating fruit trees and vegetables. It has produced some papers, leaflets, a design handbook for new comers, and also several videos showing most of the farms involved in such alternative and low-input systems.

17-01-2019

Depasse' project, deals with silvopasture systems, with ongoing trials involving hence/sheeps in olive/apple orchards to assess their services on crop quality; 'SAM' project deals with alley cropping, for arable crops, but also vegetable growing as the most considered system.

Laureates (from left to right: Thelma Aldana, Tony Rinaudo, Yacouba Sawadogo, Iván Velásquez)
21-12-2018

In 2018, the prize was awarded to Yacouba Sawadogo, from Burkina Faso, and Tony Rinaudo, from Australia, for turning large parts of the Sahel region into productive land.

21-12-2018

Late November and December around 700 people got together in the two events. The National Plan aims at stimulating the adoption of Agroforestry practices in France.

20-12-2018

Did you know that your favourite agroforestry federation took a star turn at the climate COP in Katowice, Poland? As EURAF President, Patrick organised an event together with GEF, the global environmental facility; CDLS, the Caux dialogue on land and security; and the World Agroforestry Centre to discuss a vexed issue: why are high-level decision-makers, whether active in the public or the private sector, so ignorant of basic ecosystemic processes, and what can we do about it?

20-12-2018

A presentation was given by EURAF,giving initial draft ideas for an “Ecoscheme” to enhance tree-based landscape features, and agroforestry in all Member States. These ideas are being developed by the EURAF Executive Committee for wider consultation with members.

20-12-2018

Autumn 2018 in Italy has been a season full of initiatives putting forestry and agroforestry on the spot. There was a national conference in Turin, a workshop in Tuscany and a national event in Rome.

19-12-2018

Discussions in the morning focused mainly on the the EC publication on  “A Sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: Strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment”  and on the draft CAP Strategic Plan Regulation.

A new silvoarable site with hybrid poplars and peduncolate oak (not yet fully visible along tree line) for timber production, in Masi, Italy.
19-12-2018

The fil rouge of the event was the role of multifunctional agriculture in harmonizing different land use systems and combining agro-food production, wood bio-economy and rural development, with the approach of sustainable intensification and environmental protection.

12-12-2018

EURAF representatives had the chance to hear from DG AGRI members recent updates on the new CAP proposals and measures and discuss its affectation to the environment and the climate change together with members of other 32 entities.

07-12-2018

It is the first Italian site to receive the important recognition. Several important technical and cultural aspects contributed to this recognition, including the fact that this area has been essentially an agroforestry system where olive orchards were grazed and/or intercropped, thus providing many ecosystem services.

Stuart Holm (Woodland Trust) and Chris Stoate (GWCT) introduce the agroforestry trial
06-12-2018

The topic of the meeting this year was ‘Trees and Livestock’. Presentations covered Agroforestry in Research, Agroforestry in Practice and Agroforestry in Policy.

30-11-2018

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23-11-2018

Subjects covered included starting a firewood business from coppicing field boundary hedges; plans for a diverse agroforestry system that will supply raw materials for cosmetics and an agroforestry nut tree nursery.