How is agroforestry perceived in Europe? An assessment of positive and negative aspects by stakeholders

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dc.contributor.authorGarcia de Jalon, Silvestre
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Paul J.
dc.contributor.authorGraves, Anil
dc.contributor.authorMoreno, Gerardo
dc.contributor.authorMcAdam, Jim
dc.contributor.authorPottier, Eric
dc.contributor.authorNovak, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorBondesan, Valerio
dc.contributor.authorMosquera-Losada, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorCrous-Duran, Josep
dc.contributor.authorPalma, João H. N.
dc.contributor.authorPaulo, Joana A.
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Tania S.
dc.contributor.authorCirou, Eric
dc.contributor.authorHannachi, Yousri
dc.contributor.authorPantera, Anastasia
dc.contributor.authorWartelle, Regis
dc.contributor.authorKay, Sonja
dc.contributor.authorMalignier, Nina
dc.contributor.authorvan Lerberghe, Philippe
dc.contributor.authorTsonkova, Penka
dc.contributor.authorMirck, Jaconette
dc.contributor.authorRois, Mercedes
dc.contributor.authorKongsted, Anne Grete
dc.contributor.authorThenail, Claudine
dc.contributor.authorLuske, Boki
dc.contributor.authorBerg, Staffan
dc.contributor.authorGosme, Marie
dc.contributor.authorVityi, Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-13T10:14:30Z
dc.date.available2017-11-13T10:14:30Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-24
dc.description.abstractWhilst the benefits of agroforestry are widely recognised in tropical latitudes few studies have assessed how agroforestry is perceived in temperate latitudes. This study evaluates how stakeholders and key actors including farmers, landowners, agricultural advisors, researchers and environmentalists perceive the implementation and expansion of agroforestry in Europe. Meetings were held with 30 stakeholder groups covering different agroforestry systems in 2014 in eleven EU countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom). In total 344 valid responses were received to a questionnaire where stakeholders were asked to rank the positive and negative aspects of implementing agroforestry in their region. Improved biodiversity and wildlife habitats, animal health and welfare, and landscape aesthetics were seen as the main positive aspects of agroforestry. By contrast, increased labour, complexity of work, management costs and administrative burden were seen as the most important negative aspects. Overall, improving the environmental value of agriculture was seen as the main benefit of agroforestry, whilst management and socio-economic issues were seen as the greatest barriers. The great variability in the opportunities and barriers of the systems suggests enhanced adoption of agroforestry across Europe will be most likely to occur with specific initiatives for each type of system.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationS. García de Jalon, P.J. Burgess, A. Graves, et al. How is agroforestry perceived in Europe? An assessment of positive and negative aspects by stakeholders. Agroforestry Systems, August 2018, Volume 92, Issue 4, pp. 829–848en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0167-4366
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-017-0116-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12715
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectAgroforestryen_UK
dc.subjectAdoptionen_UK
dc.subjectBarrieren_UK
dc.subjectOpportunityen_UK
dc.subjectEuropeen_UK
dc.titleHow is agroforestry perceived in Europe? An assessment of positive and negative aspects by stakeholdersen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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