Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Silvoarable agroforestry


Silvoarable agroforestry comprises widely-spaced trees intercropped with arable crops.

This project builds on recent findings that indicate that modern silvoarable production systems are very efficient in terms of resource use, and could introduce an innovative agricultural production system that will be both environment-friendly and economically profitable.

Growing high quality trees in association with arable crops in European fields may improve the sustainability of farming systems, diversify farmers incomes, provide new products to the wood industry, and create novel landscapes of high value.

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