DeFAF General Meeting 2026

On 7th and 8th March 2026, members of the German Professional Association for Agroforestry (DeFAF) gathered in Thallwitz, near Leipzig, to review the association’s past year, as well as the activities carried out, upcoming tasks and objectives. The AGROfloW and AFaktive projects were also represented, not only through the participation of the project teams, but […]

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Agroforestry on SWR-TV: ‘What are the benefits of trees on arable land?’

The project team is back on television. On Monday, the programme “Wetterreportage in der Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz” (Weather Report on Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Television) featured the project location at the Hofgut Neumühle educational institution. Frank Wagener, head of the Biomass and Cultural Landscape Development Department at IfaS, explains how an agroforestry system can enhance a field. Poplars

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Agroforestry as a tool for biotope connectivity and biodiversity conservation in the cultural landscape

As a multifunctional land use form, agroforestry offers a range of benefits, from yields stabilisation to climate adaptation and increased biodiversity. In an article for the professional journal WASSER UND ABFALL (Water and Waste) published by the Association of Engineers for Water Management, Waste Management and Land Improvement Engineering (Bund der Ingenieure für Wasserwirtschaft, Abfallwirtschaft

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The wood-pastures of Romania in Transylvania: ecology, agricultural perspectives, and sustainable integration into cultural landscape development

The results of the Wood-Pasture Project are now available in the final report. The German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, DBU) funded this first comprehensive biocultural assessment of wood-pastures in Europe (reference number 37480; project duration: 01 January 2022 – 30 June 2025). Two working groups from Babeș-Bolyai University and IfaS, involving up to

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The process to water resilient agroforestry farm: Diessens Broek

Given the practice-oriented and farmer-centred AFaktive approach, the collaboration with the project farms encompasses different steps to ensure a water efficient and farm-adapted agroforestry system. Typically, in a first “scoping meeting”, the AFaktive team discusses with the famers the characteristics of the farm and its water vulnerabilities (e.g. field prone to erosion, drought, flooding, etc.).

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More than 30 Local Municipalities discover agroforestry at AFaktive partner Inagro

On the 2nd of December, environmental and green officers from more than 30 municipalities in West Flanders visited Inagro’s agroforestry demonstration plot. Interest in this innovative farming practice was high. Researcher Willem Van Colen explained in more detail the setup of the demonstration plot and ongoing research. A key topic was the future business model

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