Trees and water management at Pomona Puur Aerde, the first AFaktive expansion farm

While AFaktive began with six pilot farms that are now well advanced in planning and implementation, the project is already moving into its next phase: the expansion to twelve additional farms across Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Interested farms are encouraged to get in touch with one of the project partners to explore how they […]

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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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Agroforestry-water nexus: a missed opportunity in policies?

Despite agroforestry being integrated more frequently into strategies, policies and funding, the policy framework for its widespread practical adoption remains inadequate. This is particularly true regarding AFaktive core topic, the intersection between agroforestry and water management. As a matter of fact, the legal and policy frameworks for land use and water management are, in most

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Agroforestry campaign: Agroforestry as production-integrated compensation

Agroforestry systems bring nature conservation and environmental protection to the cultivated landscape if WE manage to establish these crops on farms. This was the topic of discussion on 1st December 2025 at the Hanover Chamber of Agriculture: DeFAF e.V. (MODEMA project) and 3N Kompetenzzentrum Niedersachsen e.V. jointly organised the conference ‘Agroforestry systems as production-integrated compensation

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