Agroforestry benefits and challenges for adoption in Europe and beyond

M Sollen-Norrlin, BB Ghaley, NLJ Rintoul - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soil degradation is a global concern, decreasing the soil's ability to perform a multitude of
functions. In Europe, one of the leading causes of soil degradation is unsustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Can agroforestry compete? A scoping review of the economic performance of agroforestry practices in Europe and North America

A Thiesmeier, P Zander - Forest Policy and Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This scoping review looks at the literature published on the economic performance of
temperate agroforestry systems in Europe and North America and tries to answers the …

Trees increase soil organic carbon and nutrient availability in temperate agroforestry systems

P Pardon, B Reubens, D Reheul, J Mertens… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Agroforestry systems (AFS) have a large potential to deliver a wide range of ecosystem
services (ES). In field and crop management, changes to factors such as regulatory ES …

Ecosystem service delivery of agri-environment measures: A synthesis for hedgerows and grass strips on arable land

R Bert, B Steven, N Victoria, P Paul, V Kris - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2017 - Elsevier
In north western Europe, agricultural systems are generally managed to maximize the
potential delivery of provisioning ecosystem services. This has often been at the expense of …

Productivity, biodiversity trade-offs, and farm income in an agroforestry versus an arable system

T Staton, TD Breeze, RJ Walters, J Smith… - Ecological Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
The uptake of diversified farming systems is constrained by a scarcity of evidence regarding
financial costs, benefits, and risks. Here, we evaluate the productivity and projected farm …

Are agroforestry systems more productive than monocultures in Mediterranean countries? A meta-analysis

D Scordia, SA Corinzia, J Coello… - Agronomy for …, 2023 - Springer
Agroforestry is gaining interest due to its potential in enhancing climate resilience and
sustainability of farming systems. In this meta-analysis, the crop yield in agroforestry system …

Decreasing uncertainties and reversing paradigms on the economic performance of agroforestry systems in Brazil

G do Carmo Martinelli, MM Schlindwein, MP Padovan… - Land Use Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
The return on investment in agroforestry depends mainly on meteorological and market
variables, both uncontrollable. For this, it is necessary to prepare investment projects to …

Addressing farmer-perceptions and legal constraints to promote agroforestry in Germany

P Tsonkova, J Mirck, C Böhm, B Fütz - Agroforestry Systems, 2018 - Springer
Agroforestry is receiving increasing attention in Germany because of its capacity to address
some of the negative consequences of intensive agriculture. However the actual uptake and …

Nurturing agroforestry systems in Flanders: Analysis from an agricultural innovation systems perspective

L Borremans, F Marchand, M Visser, E Wauters - Agricultural systems, 2018 - Elsevier
The shift to industrial agriculture in Europe brought along a range of environmental and
social externalities. This led policy makers, researchers and civil servants to consider and …

Strip cropping increases yield and revenue: multi-year analysis of an organic system in the Netherlands

SD Juventia, DF van Apeldoorn - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Intercropping is proposed as a promising strategy to meet future food demand while
reducing agriculture's environmental impact by re-diversifying agricultural fields. Strip …