Definitions and Components of Agroforestry Practices in Europe
2009
Agroforestrysystems are traditional land use systems that were and are used in
Europe. They can be defined as those land use systems which involve two main components — trees/shrubs and an agricultural crop (which could also be pasture) and are artificially managed.
Agroforestrysystems can be implemented at a temporal and spatial scale for a land owner, who can use different agrofor-estry practices. Since human interaction with the environment in
Europeis very important and has occurred for a long time there are different types of
agroforestrypractices in
Europethat are described in this chapter and named, silvoarable,
forest farming,
riparian bufferstrips,
silvopasture, improved fallow and
multipurpose trees. A brief description of the main
agroforestrypractice components, i.e. trees and agriculture (including pasture and livestock) in
Europewill give an overview of the current and potential situation in
Europefor the use of these systems.
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