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We have added this portal to the AgroForAdapt website to give visibility to people and organizations that sell products from agroforestry systems and market them directly to consumers. We already have 27 registered entities! If you have an agroforestry system, and you want to register in this portal, use this link.
Agroforestry field day in Girona
On 23 May we will hold a field day in Riudarenes and Maçanet de la Selva (Girona) as part of the Emili Garolera Silvicultural Transfer Days. We will present different models of silvoarable agroforestry systems: walnut and poplar with annual crops; partial clearings maintaining high-value cork oaks and diversified hedgerows; horticultural crops within a walnut […]
Autumn and winter work at Terres de Roumassouze
The various actions carried out have made it possible to structure the areas to improve the balance between the various crops and trees, while optimising the space for educational and experimental projects. Last autumn, re-design workshops helped to define the layout of the market garden area. Working with farmers, technicians and researchers, a plan was […]
Fourth webinar of the Iberian Agroforestry Systems Community
On 24 February we held the fourth webinar of the Iberian Community of Agroforestry Systems and Mixed Crops, a thematic social network that seeks to promote the exchange of experiences between people interested in this type of practices, and in agroecology in general. If you missed it, you can watch the video on the Community's […]
PrioSilvAra: Tool for the prioritisation of areas for silvoarable systems in agricultural landscapes
Silvoarable systems are the deliberate combination of crops with woody vegetation, with the objective of obtaining benefits from their interactions. These systems have multiple advantages, which have led to their increasing consideration in European policy and regulations: - Productive and economic: diversification of production, increased overall productivity of the system, reduced vulnerability to climate change […]
Participation in the Mediterranean Forestry Week + new transfer article
In November 2024 we participated in the 8th Mediterranean Forest Week held in Barcelona. This biannual event brings together the forestry sector and the forest administration of the Mediterranean countries. In this event we presented the poster “LIFE AgroForAdapt: Agroforestry systems for a resilient Mediterranean agri-livestock-forest sector” In addition, we have published the following transfer […]
Iberian Agroforestry Systems Community: 3rd webinar + Youtube channel
The Iberian Community of Agroforestry Systems and Mixed Crops is a thematic social network that seeks to promote the exchange of information between agroforestry farmers, consultants, practitioners, researchers and administrations. In addition, we hold a quarterly webinar (we have already held three sessions), with a new feature: we have created a Youtube channel so that […]
Sixth biannual newsletter (September 2024) online
The sixth edition of the biannual newsletter AgroForAdapt is now available. In this issue we present the appointment of the Community of Agroforestry Systems and Mixed Crops as representative of Spain in EURAF (European Agroforestry Federation), the technical trip to France in May 2024, the 5 communications made by the project at the European Agroforestry […]
This autumn, learn about agroforestry systems
The Agricultural School of Manresa (Barcelona, Spain) is organizing a 36-hour course on agroforestry systems and syntrophic agriculture. The AgroForAdapt partners are participating in two of the sessions, on 12/11 and 10/12. The program and registration instructions are available at this link.
Diagnostic visit for vegetation recovery after planting and tree management
Diagnostic visit for vegetation recovery after planting and tree managementThe Agroof team is on a diagnostic visit to the plots on the Petit Saint-Jean estate in the Camargue with researchers from the UMR AMAP (botany and modelling of plant and vegetation architecture), specialists in tree roots and architecture. In fact, for each planting project, diagnostic […]