Visit Arches Castriotes - Hérault (34) - France
On Thursday 14 September, we visited the "Les Arches Castriotes" agroforestry pilot site in Castries (Hérault), run by Yann FORTUNATO. Welcomed by Estelle Mougeot from Racines de France, Yann's associate, she shared the background and feedback from this young project, initiated and supported by AGROOF, BioGard and the Distillerie de Bel Air in 2018. The […]
Monitoring of plantations in Château Saint-Martin - Var - France
At Château Saint-Martin, a wine estate in the Var region (Provence), we are planting trees in 2021. Its objectives are several: to improve the landscape, to promote biodiversity, to develop arboriculture and to produce wood. The 3 photos below show the plot before, during and after planting. Before planting, in March 2019. Planting in March […]
Soil analysis on an experimental plot - Gard - France
As part of the Agroforadapt project, on the Terres de Roumassouze in Vézénobres (30), we took soil samples at 3 different depths to analyze texture and carbon stock. On this historic experimental site, the trees, mostly hybrid walnut and poplar, are 20 to 30 years old. Farmers are involved in market gardening and arboriculture.
Pruning day at the Domaine de Valensole - Alpes de Haute Provence - France
Organisation of a technical day on pruning high-growing trees planted in 2017, walnut trees and cherry trees associated with PPAM. Quote from a farmer on his agroforestry project : "I don't have any livestock on the farm, so the idea is to plant trees to improve the soil and produce more biomass. Because of the […]
Monitoring plantations at Arches Castriotes - Hérault - France
Almond trees and rosemary in wide, tight strips.
Monitoring biodiversity on agroforestry plots - France
Over the next three years, a variety of monitoring activities will be carried out in pilot sites in the Mediterranean context: monitoring of biodiversity (ornithological, pollinators, flora), monitoring of carbon sequestration, and monitoring of the microclimate of agroforestry plots. With the arrival of spring and the first flowers, our "Initiations Ornitho" specialists will travel around […]
Professional training for agroforestry technicians - France
In what contexts can agroforestry be applied? What are the issues for a municipality or a territory?The integration of trees into an agricultural system raises agronomic, technical, administrative, legislative and social questions. Agroforestry touches on several themes, with specific stakeholder games and issues.Agroforestry can be a lever on a territory to meet several environmental challenges […]
Planting at Mas du Sire - Quissac - France
At Mas du Sire, Porcqueno estate, on Wednesday 8 March, a team of planters joined the farmer, Caroline Barcelo, for the second phase of planting for the pigs of the Barons des Cévennes brand. Last year, we planted some 800 trees in hedgerows and in the paddocks for the whole farm. This year, Caroline is […]
Domaine de Scamandre, Gard, France
At the Domaine Viticole Renouard Scamandre, in Vauvert in the Gard, the first agroforestry tree plantations date back to 2007 with 240 trees. They continued in 2012 with hedges. In 2023, 250 trees were planted again, making it possible to exceed the number of 2000 trees planted on the plots. The target is 3500 trees […]