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Policy challenges for agroforestry implementation in Europe

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dc.contributor.authorMosquera-Losada, María Rosa
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Mário Gabriel Santiago
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Berta
dc.contributor.authorFerreiro-Domínguez, Nuria
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Marina
dc.contributor.authorRigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Hernández, María Pilar
dc.contributor.authorFernández-Lorenzo, Juan Luis
dc.contributor.authorRomero-Franco, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorAldrey-Vázquez, Jose Antonio
dc.contributor.authorSobrino, Cristina Cabaleiro
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Berrios, Julian Jesús
dc.contributor.authorSantiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-02T10:52:31Z
dc.date.available2023-10-02T10:52:31Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractAgroforestry (AF) is a sustainable land use practice and system that increases the ecosystem services delivery from agricultural lands compared with treeless systems. Agroforestry can be considered a practice when linked to plot scale (silvoarable, silvopasture, homegarden, woody linear landscape strips, and forest farming), and a system when associated with the global farm scale. The enhancement of the ecosystem services is associated with the use and promotion of the biodiversity caused by the presence of trees that optimizes the use of the resources if adequate species are mixed. Agroforestry can be implemented at temporal and spatial scales. At the temporal scale, the use of woody perennials to increase soil fertility is a traditional technique that improves soil health and reduces the need of using herbicides (e.g., the legume Ulex sown for 10 years in between crop cultivation). Five agroforestry practices can be implemented at the plot level: silvopasture, silvoarable/alley cropping, homegardens/kitchengardens, woody linear landscape strips, and forest farming. A farm including these practices is considered an agroforestry system working at the landscape level when several farms are mixed. In spite of the acknowledgment that AF has at the European level for being included as part of Pillars I and II, the spread of AF is limited across Europe. Four challenges, linked with technical, economic, educational, and policy development, have been identified by the AFINET thematic network that, if addressed, may foster policy adoption across the EU. This article proposes 15 different policy recommendations to overcome them and the need of developing an AF strategy for the EU.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipWe acknowledge funding through Grant 101086563 from the European Commission (Project AF4EU, HEUROPE). This study was supported by National Funds by the FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the project UIDB/04033/2020. NF-D was funded by the Pilot Program of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) for the hiring of distinguished research staff—call 2021, funded under the collaboration agreement between USC and Banco Santander, for the years 2021–2024. JJS-F was supported by the USC and the Spanish Ministry of Universities through the “Convocatoria de Recualificación del Sistema Universitario Español” on its modality “Margarita Salas”; Ministry of Universities - Recovery Transformation and Resilience Plan (funded by the European Union through the NextGenerationEU).pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMosquera-Losada, María Rosa; Santos, Mário Gabriel Santiago; Gonçalves, Berta; Ferreiro-Domínguez, Nuria; Castro, Marina; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio; González-Hernández, María Pilar; Fernández-Lorenzo, Juan Luis; Romero-Franco, Rosa; Aldrey-Vázquez, Jose Antonio; Sobrino, Cristina Cabaleiro; García-Berrios, Julian Jesús; Santiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier (2023). Policy challenges for agroforestry implementation in Europe. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. EISSN 2624-893X. 6, p. 1-11pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/ffgc.2023.1127601pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2624-893X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/28757
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherFrontiers Media S.A.pt_PT
dc.relationCentre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectAgroforestry adoptionpt_PT
dc.subjectAgroforestry definitionpt_PT
dc.subjectAgroforestry practicespt_PT
dc.subjectBiodiversitypt_PT
dc.subjectEcosystem servicespt_PT
dc.titlePolicy challenges for agroforestry implementation in Europept_PT
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oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Forests and Global Changept_PT
oaire.citation.volume6pt_PT
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