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Common agricultural policy support to silvopasture in the European Atlantic region
Santiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier; Rodríguez-Rigueiro, Francisco Javier; Ferreiro-Domínguez, Nuria; López-Díaz, Ma Lourdes; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, AntonioAgroforestry practices are sustainable forms of land management recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Commission (EC). These organizations have established mechanisms to promote agroforestry globally. However, the policies they create often lack monitoring and thorough impact evaluation. To effectively analyze how policies promote agroforestry, it is crucial to consider the ...
Policy challenges for agroforestry implementation in Europe
Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa; Santos, Mário Gabriel Santiago; Gonçalves, Berta; Ferreiro-Domínguez, Nuria; Castro, Marina; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, AntonioAgroforestry (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 ecosyst...
Silvopasture policy promotion in European Mediterranean areas
Rodríguez-Rigueiro, Francisco Javier; Santiago-Freijanes, José Javier; Mosquera Losada, María Rosa; Castro, Marina; Silva-Losada, PabloSilvopasture is the deliberate integration of a woody component with grazed pastures as understorey. It is one of the most extended agroforestry practices all over the world. Silvopasture use is key to increase the sustainability of livestock farming systems as silvopasture reduces the use of concentrates since the woody component provides feed for animals. However, it is not an extensively used practice in Eur...