Agroforestry practices
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Information -
Provider/source -
Material -
Assessment
FEFTS Specifications
Training material
for Soil carbon sequestration
Special practice
Grassland management
Agricultural domain
Open-field agriculture, Livestock
Suitable for
Farmer, Advisory services
Applications
Agricultural field practices
Especially
Pest control (crop protection)
Type of solution
Methodology, Procedure
Details
Developing organization: AFINET consortium; Polish version by: IUNG-PIB, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation
Location: Poland
Material type: Leaflet/brochure
Additional info
Presented agroforestry practices offer a wide range of benefits:
- protection of crops against pests and diseases
- protection of crops against unfavourable weather conditions, e.g. strong wind
- reducing soil erosion
- improving animal welfare
- improving soil carbon sequestration
- supporting biodiversity
- limiting use of chemicals
- diversification of income sources at the farm
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Assessment
This section contains a brief assessment of the FEFTS described.
There are 3 basic categories: General, Environmental and Socioeconomic assessment.
The purpose of this assessment is to give a quick overview to the potential FEFTS user of its application benefits.
For each question, the Likert scale is used with the following possible answers:
Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neither agree nor disagree (Neutral)/non applicable, Agree, Strongly agree
General
This FEFTS contributes to improve the energy profiles of farming systems:Environmental
The application of this FEFTS indirectly reduces fossil energy use, in terms of:- Pesticide reduction
- Feed reduction
- Animal healthcare
- Fertilizer reduction
Socioeconomic
The application of this FEFTS contributes to cost reductions of farming systems:Keep in mind that this assessment is subjective, based on publicly available information.
All registered users are asked to evaluate each FEFTS and when an adequate number of reviews is gathered the results depicted here are updated. Each review is screened in order to avoid malicious practices.
FEFTS providers who do not agree with the assessment results, can send their inquiry to info@agrofossilfree.eu and a direct action based on their petition will be taken.