Priority science can accelerate agroforestry as a natural climate solution

DE Terasaki Hart, S Yeo, M Almaraz, D Beillouin… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
The expansion of agroforestry could provide substantial climate change mitigation (up to
0.31 Pg C yr− 1), comparable to other prominent natural climate solutions such as …

[HTML][HTML] 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] Agroforestry creates carbon sinks whilst enhancing the environment in agricultural landscapes in Europe

S Kay, C Rega, G Moreno, M den Herder, JHN Palma… - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Agroforestry, relative to conventional agriculture, contributes significantly to carbon
sequestration, increases a range of regulating ecosystem services, and enhances …

[HTML][HTML] Agroforestry and the environment

Α Pantera, MR Mosquera-Losada, F Herzog… - Agroforestry …, 2021 - Springer
Agroforestry is a traditional land use system that may contribute to the solution of
environmental problems in agriculture. Agroforestry is the practice of deliberately integrating …

[HTML][HTML] Narrow and brittle or broad and nimble? Comparing adaptive capacity in simplifying and diversifying farming systems

M Petersen-Rockney, P Baur, A Guzman… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Humanity faces a triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss, and global food insecurity.
In response, increasing the general adaptive capacity of farming systems is essential. We …

Agroforestry is paying off–Economic evaluation of ecosystem services in European landscapes with and without agroforestry systems

S Kay, A Graves, JHN Palma, G Moreno… - Ecosystem …, 2019 - Elsevier
The study assessed the economic performance of marketable ecosystem services
(ES)(biomass production) and non-marketable ecosystem services and dis-services …

Beyond the obvious impact of domestic livestock grazing on temperate forest vegetation–A global review

K Öllerer, A Varga, K Kirby, L Demeter, M Biró… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Large herbivores have a keystone role in many forest ecosystems. There is widespread
recognition that undesirable changes may be caused by the complete removal of grazing …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in European agroforestry: results from the AGFORWARD project

PJ Burgess, A Rosati - Agroforestry systems, 2018 - Springer
In global terms, European farms produce high yields of safe and high quality food but this
depends on the use of many off-farm inputs and the associated greenhouse gas emissions …

[HTML][HTML] Abundance, diversity, and function of soil microorganisms in temperate alley-cropping agroforestry systems: A review

L Beule, A Vaupel, VE Moran-Rodas - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Modern temperate alley-cropping systems combine rows of trees with rows of crops
(agroforestry), which allows for diverse interspecific interactions such as the complementary …

[HTML][HTML] Farm diversification and sustainability of multifunctional peri-urban agriculture: Entrepreneurial attributes of advanced diversification in Japan

S Yoshida, H Yagi, A Kiminami, G Garrod - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Multifunctionality of urban agriculture is essential for the sustainability of both cities and
urban farms, especially in Asian mega-cities exhibiting extensive urban sprawl. To maximise …