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How do different functional crop groups perform in temperate silvoarable agroforestry systems? A Swiss case study

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 2023
Introduction Agroforestry systems provide a number of ecosystem services and are frequently considered as a promising diversification strategy for more sustainable and climate resilient primary production.
Christina denHond‐Vaccaro, Johan Six, Christian Schöb   +2 more
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Data-driven scenario analysis supports the revival of historic silvoarable systems for carbon smart rural landscapes [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Agroforestry has long been recognised as a nature-based solution for climate mitigation, yet its adoption in Europe has drastically declined due to the socio-economic transformations and land use intensification since the onset of the Great Acceleration (
Filippo Brandolini, Angelo Gurgel, Andrea Zerboni   +2 more
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Research on agroforestry systems and biodiversity conservation: what can we conclude so far and what should we improve? [PDF]

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Through a meta-analysis, Mupepele et al. (BMC Ecol Evol 21:1–193, 2021) assessed the effects of European agroforestry systems on biodiversity, estimated by species richness or species diversity.
Sébastien Boinot, Karim Barkaoui, Delphine Mézière, Pierre-Eric Lauri, Jean-Pierre Sarthou, Audrey Alignier   +5 more
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European agroforestry has no unequivocal effect on biodiversity: a time-cumulative meta-analysis [PDF]

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Background Agroforestry is a production system combining trees with crops or livestock. It has the potential to increase biodiversity in relation to single-use systems, such as pastures or cropland, by providing a higher habitat heterogeneity.
Anne-Christine Mupepele, Matteo Keller, Carsten F. Dormann   +2 more
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Reply to: “Research on agroforestry systems and biodiversity conservation: what can we conclude so far and what should we improve?” by Boinot et al. 2022 [PDF]

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022
In our article ‘European agroforestry has no unequivocal effect on biodiversity: a time-cumulative meta-analysis’ (BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021) we synthesize the effect of agroforestry on biodiversity. Boinot et al.
Anne-Christine Mupepele, Carsten F. Dormann   +1 more
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Land Use Changes for Investments in Silvoarable Agriculture Projected by the CLUE-S Spatio-Temporal Model

Land, 2022
Investment in biology-based technological innovations is a key requirement for the development of modern agriculture/forestry. The expansion of innovative biological technologies includes changes in crops/cultivations, such as the transition from ...
Stamatia Nasiakou, Michael Vrahnakis, Dimitrios Chouvardas, Georgios Mamanis, Vassiliki Kleftoyanni   +4 more
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Biodiversity in temperate silvoarable systems: A systematic review

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2023
Silvoarable systems (SAS) are agroforestry systems (AFS) that combine the cultivation of trees and arable crops. Often, rows of trees delineate crop alleys in a field (alley-cropping system). SAS have the potential to provide many agricultural and environmental benefits, are innovative in their modern form, and are becoming more widespread.
Kletty, Florian, Rozan, Anne, Habold, Caroline   +2 more
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Policy challenges for agroforestry implementation in Europe

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023
Agroforestry (AF) is a sustainable land use practice and system that increases the ecosystem services delivery from agricultural lands compared with treeless systems.
María Rosa Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa Mosquera-Losada, Mário Gabriel Santiago Santos, Mário Gabriel Santiago Santos, Mário Gabriel Santiago Santos, Berta Gonçalves, Nuria Ferreiro-Domínguez, Nuria Ferreiro-Domínguez, Marina Castro, Marina Castro, Antonio Rigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio Rigueiro-Rodríguez, María Pilar González-Hernández, Juan Luis Fernández-Lorenzo, Rosa Romero-Franco, Jose Antonio Aldrey-Vázquez, Cristina Cabaleiro Sobrino, Julian Jesús García-Berrios, Jose Javier Santiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier Santiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier Santiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier Santiago-Freijanes   +21 more
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Farmer perception of benefits, constraints and opportunities for silvoarable systems [PDF]

Outlook on Agriculture, 2017
Silvoarable agroforestry integrates the use of trees and arable crops on the same area of land, and such systems can be supported by national governments under the European Union’s (EU) Rural Development Regulations (2014–2020). In order to improve the understanding of farmers’ perceptions of such systems, detailed face-to-face interviews were ...
Burgess, P. J., Liagre, F., Dupraz, Christian   +2 more
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EVALUATION OF SOIL QUALITY PARAMETERS IN SILVOARABLE SYSTEMS

AGROFOR, 2020
Agroforestry is considered a sustainable cultivating methodology in comparison to intensified and one-dimension agriculture, resulting in higher yields, socioeconomic benefits and environmental protection as well. The silvoarable systems constitute classification of the agroforestry systems that involve crops and trees in the same spatiotemporal scales.
Vassiliki KLEFTOYANNI, Michael VRAHNAKIS, Maria KOKKORA   +2 more
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