Agroforestry and agroecology: including woody vegetation in agricultural systems
Rosa Mosquera-Losada1, Nuria Ferreiro Domínguez1,2, Anastasia Pantera3
1: University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; 2 ISA, Lisbon; 9: TEI Stereas Ellada, Greece
Presentation of the first Agroecology Europe Forum, Lyon
26 October 2017
How can policy support the uptake of agroforestry in Europe?
How can policy support the uptake of agroforestry in Europe?
AGROFORESTRY
Best tool to
ECOINTENSIFICATE
Aboveground Belowground
Aboveground level
Mean biomass production
increase per hectare: 40%
Range: 20-80%
Dupraz and Liagre 2014
How can policy support the uptake of agroforestry in Europe?
AGROFORESTRY
Best tool to
ECOINTENSIFICATE
Aboveground Belowground
Nutrient
Rivers
Nutrient contamination
Carbon
Belowground level
How can policy support the uptake of agroforestry in Europe?
Mosquera-Losada et al. 2016. Extent and success of current policy measures to promote agroforestry across Europe.Deliverable 8.23 for EU FP7
How can policy support the uptake of agroforestry in Europe?
How can policy support the uptake of agroforestry in Europe?
Premise
Comments:
Measure 8.2 (as a deployment of the Regulation 1305/2013) “land-use systems and practices where woody perennials are deliberately integrated with crops and/or animals on the same parcel of land management unit without the intention to establish a remaining forest stand. The trees may be arranged as single stems, in rows or in groups, while grazing may also take place inside parcels (silvoarable agroforestry, silvopastoralism, grazed or intercropped orchards) or on the limits between parcels (hedges, tree lines)”.
How can policy support the uptake of agroforestry in Europe?
Agroforestry practices: Plot scale
Silvopastoral | Silvoarable | Hedgerows, windbreaks and riparian buffer strips | Forest farming | Homegardens |
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Combining trees and shrubs with forage and animal production | Widely spaced trees and shrubs inter-cropped with annual or perennial crops | Lines of natural or planted trees/shrubs bordering croplands/pastures to protect livestock, crops, and/or soil and water quality | Forested areas used for production or harvest of natural standing speciality crops | Combining trees/shrubs with vegetable production in urban areas |
USDA, ICRAF, FAO
Agroforestry and land designation
Agroforestry on agricultural land | Agroforestry on forest land | Urban areas | |||
Silvopasture | Hedgerows, windbreaks and riparian buffer strips | Silvoarable | Silvopasture | Forest farming | Homegardens |
| | | | | |
Wood pasture Meadow orchards Grazed orchards | | Alley cropping | Forest grazing | Harvest of berries, mushrooms, medicinal plants | Allotments, Gardens |
How can policy support the uptake of agroforestry in Europe?
Agroforestry and Pillar I�Agroforestry at farm level
Foresters
880 m3 of fuelwood for an area of 800 ha
Road maintenance officers
125 m3/yr of fuelwood
75 t of grass for each 25 km of road
Farmers
30 m3 of fuelwood/yr/farm
(100 ha, of which 20ha are agroforestry �+ 5km of hedges)
River conservationists
460 m3/yr of fuelwood for each 55 km of river
Canet and Balaguer, France
Agroforestry and Pillar II�Agroforestry at farm level: outputs recognition
FRANCE
GREECE
Agroforestry�Global Recommendation: Strategy
Agroforestry strategy
Policy promotion CAP
Education:
Integrating agriculture and forestry knowledge
Innovation
Focus group // Operational groups
Research
Think globally but, act locally
French National Agroforestry
Strategy
Estrategia Agroforestal de México
Estrategia Agroforestal de Brasil
www.agroforestry.eu // www.eurafagroforestry.eu
Countries with national associations members of EURAF
How can policy support the uptake of agroforestry in Europe?
Agroforestry potential�
Silvopasture | Brief description |
19.5 Million ha Only used in the 10% EU potential area | Woody + forage and animal production |
Agroforestry potential�
Silvoarable | Brief description |
422,250 hectares 0,4 % EU Arable land USA: <1% | Woody + annual or perennial crops |
Agroforestry potential�
Kitchengardens | Brief description |
1.8 million ha 60% Agroforestry | Trees + vegetable production in urban or periurban areas, also known as part of “trees outside the forest” |
LINKING BIOECONOMY//RURAL AND URBAN AREAS//SMART VILLAGES
References
Howlett DS, Moreno G, Mosquera-Losada MR, Nair PKR, Nair VD (2011) Soil carbon storage as influenced by tree cover in the Dehesa cork oak silvopasture of central-western Spain. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 13 (7), 1897-1904
Mosquera-Losada, M.R., Santiago Freijanes, J.J., Pisanelli, A., Rois, M., Smith, J., den Herder, M., Moreno, G., Malignier, N., Mirazo, J.R., Lamersdorf, N., Ferreiro Domínguez, N., Balaguer, F., Pantera, A., Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A., Gonzalez-Hernández, P., Fernández-Lorenzo J.L., Romero-Franco, R., Chalmin, A., Garcia de Jalon, S., Garnett, K., Graves, A., Burgess, P.J. (2016). Extent and success of current policy measures to promote agroforestry across Europe. Deliverable 8.23 for EU FP7 Research Project: AGFORWARD 613520. (8 December 2016). 95 pp.
Mosquera-Losada, M.R., Santiago Freijanes, J.J., Pisanelli, A., Rois, M., Smith, J., den Herder, M., Moreno, G., Lamersdorf, N., Ferreiro Domínguez, N., Balaguer, F., Pantera, A., Papanastasis, V., Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A., Aldrey, J.A, Gonzalez-Hernández, P., Fernández-Lorenzo, J.L., Romero-Franco, R., Burgess, P.J. (2017). Draft of How can policy support the uptake of agroforestry in Europe. Deliverable 8.24 for EU FP7 Research Project: AGFORWARD 613520.
United Nations (2015).Sustainable Development Goals.http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/