Offered Papers Theme B: Grassland and the Environment
Description
Silvopasture is a sustainable land use management practiced in most continents in the world including parts of southern Europe, but is not broadly used in northern and western Europe. The importance of this practice has been recognised and the last draft of the EU regulation by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/capreform/rurdevprop_en.pdf) includes specifically funding for establishment of agroforestry practices in Europe. This paper discusses the advantages of managing semi intensive grassland within a silvopastoral system from an ecological, productive and social point of view in the south, south-central and western countries of Europe.
Citation
McAdam, James H.; Mosquera-Losada, M. R.; Papanastasis, V.; Pardini, Andrea; and Rigueiro-Rodríguez, M. L., "Silvopastoral Systems: Analyses of an Alternative to Open Swards" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 74.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeB/74
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Silvopastoral Systems: Analyses of an Alternative to Open Swards
Silvopasture is a sustainable land use management practiced in most continents in the world including parts of southern Europe, but is not broadly used in northern and western Europe. The importance of this practice has been recognised and the last draft of the EU regulation by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/capreform/rurdevprop_en.pdf) includes specifically funding for establishment of agroforestry practices in Europe. This paper discusses the advantages of managing semi intensive grassland within a silvopastoral system from an ecological, productive and social point of view in the south, south-central and western countries of Europe.
