Why is difficult to commercialize innovation idea in Poland? Is it impeded by our mentality and lack of trust in society? Do we have enough knowledge and skills to develop innovation? And are we supported properly by projects evaluators and government? These questions were discussed by participants of the 4th RAIN meeting in Poland in […]
Spanish RAIN meet to present and promote innovative agroforestry initiatives

Over the event, around 20 Operational Groups from Galicia and the North of Portugal were presented, along with the calls for innovation projects in the agri-food sector, both the national and regional frameworks. The participants, including farmers, multipliers, researchers and policy makers, interacted with each other in a session aimed at networking and proposing innovative […]
II Polish Agroforestry Conference: “Perspectives of agroforestry development in Poland”

University of Life Sciences (SGGW) hosted in Warsaw, on the 25th January 2019, the 2nd Polish Agroforestry Conference “Perspectives of agroforestry development in Poland” with the aim to present current knowledge on agroforestry and Polish agroforestry farms. The event has been organized by Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation in Puławy and funded by […]
Plantation forestry and agroforestry allied in Italy for implementing the domestic production of timber in the context of multifunctional agriculture

On December 12th 2018, CREA, CNR and the National Rural Network organized a national conference on plantation forestry and agroforestry, where the results of numerous recent European and national projects were presented: INARBOI.IT, WoodNat, InBioWood, AGFORWARD, AFINET , SidaTim and SustainFarm. The fil rouge of the event was the role of multifunctional agriculture in harmonizing different land use systems and […]
AFINET stimulates exchange of experiences on agroforestry across borders

Agroforestry is regarded as a promising agricultural system which might provide answers to the ever more obvious climate effects, and the declining soil quality and biodiversity. Almost nowhere have trees disappeared so fast and to such an extent from the agricultural context as in the South of The Netherlands and in Flanders. Trees were regarded […]











