Agroforestry is a farming system in which the cultivation of trees or shrubs is deliberately combined with that of an agricultural crop or the keeping of farm animals on the same plot of land. In this way, new products and/or services are often created, as visualized in the infographic below.
Learn more about agroforestry and what effects you can expect from it in the sheets below.
E-module 1 is intended to be an introductory module, giving you a first introduction to agroforestry. Important basic concepts, principles and trends of agroforestry are described in this teaching mod...
E-module 2 is an in-depth theoretical module. You will learn how agroforestry provides useful services for humans (ecosystem services) and which ecological interactions between trees, animals and crop...