SAFE: Silvoarable Agroforestry for Europe

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 00.0158

Key words (English)

Land-use; intercropping; trees; rural landscape; agroforestry;
Agriculture; Economic Aspects; Environmental Protection; Life Sciences; Resources of the Sea; Fisheries

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: QLK5-CT-2001-00560

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.5 Sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Agrarökologie und Landbau FAL

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (F)

Abstract (English)

The SAFE project aims to allow Europe to take advantage of silvoarable agroforestry systems that are currently prevented due to policy maladjustment. The introduction of wide-spaced high-quality trees in European farmland will be modelled at the plot, farm, and regional scale. The project builds on accumulated evidence that mixtures of trees and crops are environmentally efficient and will provide high quality timber resources, while improving the amenity value of agricultural landscapes. The project brings together field experimenters, modellers of tree-crop interactions and end-users in the farm and forest sectors.

A biophysical model will be linked with an economic model for long-term evaluation. The final deliverable of the project will be an 'Agroforestry Policy Options' document allowing the EU to frame new agroforestry regulations.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0158