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Planting trees

Under this section you will find all information on choices, concerns and expected costs when designing, planting, and managing an agroforestry system.

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Under this heading you will find specific information on the characteristics and cultivation of tree species commonly used in an agroforestry context.

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Learn more here about the benefits that trees or shrubs can provide to farm animals, as well as how to protect them from foraging or other damage by livestock or wildlife.

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A food forest is an (agricultural) ecosystem designed along the lines of a natural forest with a large diversity of (perennial) plants in different layers.

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Introducing trees in agriculture has an impact on climate mitigation (via carbon storage) and climate adaptation (via changes in microclimate, water balance and erosion reduction).

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You can read more about what exactly agroforestry entails and what effects you can expect from it.