Agroforestry in Europe
Current Status and Future Prospects
Editors: Rigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio, McAdam, Jim, Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa (Eds.)
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- Major addition to description of agroforestry systems world-wide
- There is an absence of European agroforestry system books – this book fills the gap
- Contributes to promoting the use of the systems in the European Union, and other regions with comparable social, economic, and ecologic conditions
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While recent EU Rural Development policy clearly recognises the economic, ecological, and social advantages of agroforestry systems, to date the implementation of such systems remains poor throughout most of Europe. In light of this, this collection of peer-reviewed papers brings together some of the most important current research in European agroforestry, and evaluates the current scope and future potential of agroforestry across the EU.
While the majority of Europe’s agroforestry practices are currently focused in the Mediterranean, this volume draws together examples from a wide range of countries – including Greece, Spain, the UK, Hungary, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and Slovenia. The book also covers a range of agroforestry types, including silvopastoralism – Europe’s predominant form of agroforestry – as well as alley cropping, forest farming, silvoarable systems and the use of trees for shelter. Through these examples the book also discusses the potential roles for these traditional land management systems in addressing both environmental issues such as water quality, biodiversity conservation, desertification, ecosystem services and socioeconomic issues such as rural population stabilization.
Augmented by detailed reviews of the main elements of European agroforestry and the issues that face it, this timely collection of research papers provides a valuable reference both for advanced students and researchers interested in a wide range of issues around land use, rural development, natural resource management, landscape ecology, and conservation across Europe, and for the agroforestry community – including research and extension organizations – worldwide.
- Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Definitions and Components of Agroforestry Practices in Europe
Pages 3-19
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Classifications and Functions of Agroforestry Systems in Europe
Pages 21-41
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Agroforestry Systems in Europe: Productive, Ecological and Social Perspectives
Pages 43-65
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Farmer Perceptions of Silvoarable Systems in Seven European Countries
Pages 67-86
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Traditional Agroforestry Systems and Their Evolution in Greece
Pages 89-109
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Agroforestry in Europe
- Book Subtitle
- Current Status and Future Prospects
- Editors
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- Antonio Rigueiro-Rodríguez
- Jim McAdam
- María Rosa Mosquera-Losada
- Series Title
- Advances in Agroforestry
- Series Volume
- 6
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4020-8272-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4020-8272-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-8271-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-7827-8
- Series ISSN
- 1875-1199
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIV, 450
- Number of Illustrations
- 14 illustrations in colour
- Topics
