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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...
Silvopastoral systems established with Pinus radiate D. Don and Betula pubescen...
Fernández-Núñez, Esther; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio; Mosquera Losada, María RosaIn the European Union, the majority of afforestation is carried out on former agricultural land. This afforestation causes fundamental changes in ecosystem structure and functioning, with the trees intercepting light and precipitation, producing litterfall and competing for soil nutrients. All of these effects could potentially have a negative impact on understorey biomass and vascular plant biodiversity in a r...
Micronutrient levels in pastures established in the north-east of Portugal
Fernández-Núñez, Esther; Cuiña-Cotarelo, R.; Mosquera Losada, María Rosa; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio; Rodrigues, M.A.; Arrobas, MargaridaIn this study we evaluate the effects of six types of fertilization: no fertilizer, lime, manure, lime + phosphorus, lime + phosphorus + boron and manure + inorganic fertilizer; and two types of pasture: spontaneous vegetation and sown pasture, on soil pH and micronutrient concentrations in herbage of pastures established in the NE of Portugal. The results showed that there were higher levels of Cu in the ferti...
Fertilização de pastagens de sequeiro em modo de produção biológico
Fernández-Núñez, Esther; Rodrigues, M.A.; Arrobas, Margarida; Aguiar, Carlos; Cuiña-Cotarelo, R.; Mosquera Losada, María RosaO sistema agro‐pecuário é o sistema de agricultura dominante nas regiões de montanha do nordeste de Portugal entre os 400 e 1200 m de altitude. O funcionamento deste sistema reside tradicionalmente na produção cerealífera e na produção animal, essencialmente bovinos de raças autótones. Contudo, a descida dos preços dos cereais na última década e o aumento dos preços dos fatores de produção, tem levado a uma dim...
Afforestation of agricultural land with Pinus radiata D. don and Betula alba L....
Rigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio; Mosquera Losada, María Rosa; Fernández-Núñez, EstherAfforestation of abandoned agricultural lands has been the main change in land use over the past decade in Europe. However, the impact of tree species and understorey management on production and plant diversity over the medium- and long-term has not been thoroughly studied. This paper aims to evaluate the effects of an afforestation of Pinus radiata D. Don and Betula alba L. on soil pH, understorey production ...
Past, present, and future of agroforestry systems in Europe in agroforestry: th...
Mosquera Losada, María Rosa; Moreno, G.; Pardini, A.; McAdam, J.H.; Papanastasis, V.; Burgess, P.J.; Lamersdorf, M.; Castro, Marina; Liagre, F.Many traditional land-use systems in Europe involved agroforestry in the pre-industrial era, but, over the years, increased mechanization led to the development of increasingly specialized crop, animal and wood production systems. As a consequence, the area under agroforestry declined in many regions of Europe, and agroforestry systems became confined to situations where understorey primary production is restri...
Fertilização de pastagens de sequeiro em modo de produção biológico
Fernández-Núñez, Esther; Rodrigues, M.A.; Arrobas, Margarida; Aguiar, Carlos; Cuiña-Cotarelo, R.; Mosquera Losada, María RosaO sistema agro-pecuário é o sistema de agricultura dominante nas regiões de montanha do nordeste de Portugal entre os 400 e 1200 m de altitude. O funcionamento deste sistema reside tradicionalmente na produção cerealífera e na produção animal, essencialmente bovinos de raças autótones. Contudo, a descida dos preços dos cereais na última década e o aumento dos preços dos fatores de produção, tem levado a uma dim...
Organic farming in northeast of Portugal: effects of soil fertility management ...
Fernández-Núñez, Esther; Cuiña-Cotarelo, R.; Mosquera Losada, María Rosa; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio; Rodrigues, M.A.; Arrobas, Margarida; Pires, JaimeThe aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of six types of soil fertility management: no fertiliser (NF), lime inputs (Ca), mineral fertilisation combined with hming (CaP (lime and phosphorous), CaPB (lime, phosphorous and boron), manure (M), and manure+lime+mineral fertilisation (MCaPB), and two types of pasture (unsown and sown) on DM yield, botanical composition and nutrients content of pasture during t...