{"id":27,"date":"2023-11-30T09:18:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T08:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:09:21","slug":"project-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"AFaktive &#8211; Agroforestry as a Key to improve Water Management &#038; Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The AFaktive project develops, tests and disseminates new approaches for improved water management in the landscape through the implementation of agroforestry systems. As a nature-based solution, agroforestry, i.e. the targeted combination of trees or shrubs with traditional agricultural use, can help to improve water retention in the landscape and protect against drought, erosion and flooding. Agroforestry thus has the potential to make agriculture and people in Europe more resilient to climate change and extreme weather events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project will massively promote the implementation of agroforestry systems for improved water management at farm and regional level at model and demonstration sites in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Furthermore, AFaktive will develop planning tools and support political decision-makers in improving the political framework conditions for the implementation of agroforestry systems. Based on pilot farms that already have initial experience with agroforestry, new, hydrologically optimised plantations are to be implemented as a first step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other practical farms, for which the topic is still new, are to be developed and supported as multipliers, in order to finally plan a second upscaling phase at regional level &#8211; from the municipal level to the water catchment area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AFS_Slope.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AFS_Slope.jpg 741w, https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AFS_Slope-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Agroforestry with nuts, chestnuts and value wood on grassland for water retention on the slope (photo: Till Wagener, diagram: Felix Gr\u00e4ven)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project goals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Development and testing of new tools for the integrated planning of agroforestry as a nature-based solution in land management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quantification of the effects of agroforestry systems on the water balance and in particular erosion and flood protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development and implementation of more good examples of improved water management through agroforestry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFaktive_Figure_without_Text-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-862\" style=\"width:849px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFaktive_Figure_without_Text-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFaktive_Figure_without_Text-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFaktive_Figure_without_Text-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFaktive_Figure_without_Text-1536x963.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFaktive_Figure_without_Text-2048x1284.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/afaktive.stoffstrom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFaktive_Figure_without_Text-1320x827.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Partner consortium<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stoffstrom.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institut f\u00fcr angewandtes Stoffstrommanagement (IfaS)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ilvo.vlaanderen.be\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (EV ILVO)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/awafinfo.wixsite.com\/awaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Association for Agroforestry in the Walloon and Brussels regions (AWAF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fitt.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institut f\u00fcr Technologietransfer an der Hochschule f\u00fcr Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (FITT)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydrotec.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hydrotec Ingenieurgesellschaft f\u00fcr Wasser und Umwelt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/inclue.eu\/inagro-vzw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inagro, Provinciaal Extern Verzelfstandigd Agentschap In Privaatrechtelijke Vorm VZW<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.royaleijkelkamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Royal Eijkelkamp B. V. | Products for soil and water research<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifls.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institut f\u00fcr L\u00e4ndliche Strukturforschung e.V. (ifls)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.romboutsagroeco.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rombouts Agroecologie<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dommel.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Waterschap De Dommel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvforest.com\/FSG\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forestry Service Group (FSG)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-width:16px\"><tbody><tr><td>Funding programme<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/cinea.ec.europa.eu\/programmes\/life_en\">EU LIFE<\/a> &#8211; sub-programme Climate Action SAP- CLIMA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Project number<\/td><td>101113703<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Projekt duration<\/td><td>5 years (October 2023 &#8211; September 2028)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Total budget<\/td><td>5,804,670<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Funding <\/td><td>3,466,800 (60%)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AFaktive is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AFaktive project develops, tests and disseminates new approaches for improved water management in the landscape through the implementation of agroforestry systems. As a nature-based solution, agroforestry, i.e. the targeted combination of trees or shrubs with traditional agricultural use, can help to improve water retention in the landscape and protect against drought, erosion and flooding. 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