This collection reviews key recent advances in temperate agroforestry. The book considers the role of temperate agroforestry in promoting biodiversity and key ecosystem services such as soil carbon sequestration, as well as recent developments in different types of silvopastoral and silvoarable systems.
With growing concern about the environmental impact of agriculture and its consequent contribution to climate change, there is an increasing interest in the implementation of agroecological approaches to achieve a more sustainable agriculture. Agroforestry is one area of research which has gained significant momentum in recent years.
Advances in temperate agroforestry reviews key recent advances in measuring and valuing how agroforestry systems promote biodiversity and deliver ecosystem services such as soil carbon sequestration. The book also considers the development of different silvopastoral and silvoarable practices, including integrating trees and livestock in timber forests, orchard and pasture systems, as well as alley cropping and intercropping.
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the ways agroforestry can support key ecosystem services
- Reviews the range of silvopastoral and silvoarable systems and their application in agriculture to optimise crop and livestock production
- Considers the benefits of temperate agroforestry in mitigating/adapting to climate change
Part 1 Measuring and valuing agroforestry ecosystem services
1.Assessing the benefits of temperate cropland agroforestry for promoting
soil biological health: Lukas Beule, Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany;
2.Assessing the benefits of temperate agroforestry in enhancing carbon
sequestration: Maren Oelbermann, University of Waterloo, Canada;
3.Ecosystem accounting to value ecosystem assets and services provided by
agroforestry: Anthony O'Grady, CSIRO, Australia;
Part 2 Advances in silvopastoral systems
4.Types of silvopastoral system: an overview: Jim McAdam, formerly
AFI/Queen's University Belfast, UK;
5.Types of silvopastoral system: forests/timber plantations with pasture
grazing for livestock: Marina Castro, IPB-ESAB, Portugal;
6.Types of silvopastoral system: orchards/vineyards with grazing for
livestock: Adolfo Rosati, CREA, Italy;
7.Types of silvopastoral system: adding trees to pasture/rangelands: Marcelo
Javier Beltrįn, National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA),
Argentina;
8.The design and role of silvopastoral systems in promoting biodiversity and
other benefits in agricultural landscapes: Sara Burbi, Sant'Anna School of
Advanced Studies, Italy;
Part 3 Advances in silvoarable and other systems
9.Multifunctional windbreaks and riparian buffers can deliver biomass and
other ecosystem services: Oskar Englund, Mid Sweden University, Sweden;
10.Modelling and optimising associated biodiversity in alley cropping
systems: Mario Santos, University of Trįs-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD),
Portugal;
11.Developments in forest farming: Margaret Bloomquist, North Carolina State
University, USA;
12.Developing urban agroforestry in the current crisis: Steven Newman,
BioDiversity International/University of Leeds, UK;
Dr Marķa Rosa Mosquera-Losada is Distinguished Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Professor Mosquera-Losada is President of the Spanish Agroforestry Association (AGFE) and a former President of the European Agroforestry Federation (EURAF).
Dr Ladislau Martin is a Senior Scientist Researcher at Embrapa, Brazil. Dr Martin is a co-Chair of the Croplands Research Group of the Global Alliance for Greenhouse Gas Research in Agriculture.
Professor Anastasia Pantera is Vice-President of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. Professor Pantera is an Associate Editor of Agroforestry Systems.
Dr Allison Morrill Chatrchyan is a Senior Research Associate at Cornell University, USA. Dr Chatrchyan leads the Climate Smart Farming and Climate Smart Solutions Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
