Attendees participated in two working sessions where they discussed the legislative and policy needs that affect agroforestry practitioners, such as adapting policies to regional realities, and creating a European Agroforestry Plan that regulates and promotes this type of climate-smart agriculture. Results of the previous meetings across Europe were presented and RAIN members suggested innovative ideas […]
The second portuguese Regional Agroforestry Innovation Network meeting took place on the 30th of January 2018 at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) in Lisbon. Joana Amaral Paulo (the Innovation Broker) chaired the meeting. 36 RAIN members attended the meeting, which started with a brief Project presentation to the new members by Joana Amaral Paulo. João […]
The Workshop entitled “The part played by forest management on the prevention and restoration of Montados on a post fire situation” took place on the 23rd of November 2017 on Cine-teatro Grandolense in Grândola Municipality. The opening session was with the Mayor of Grândola Mr. António de Jesus Figueira Mendes, Pedro Silveira (from ANSUB) and Joana Amaral […]
AFINET third consortium meeting took place from December 5th to 8thand was held by Insitituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) in Lisbon. During this gathering, partners and Innovation Brokers discussed relevant subjects concerning the development of the project and participated in four workshop sessions focusing in the most relevant bottlenecks and challenges regarding agroforestry that arose amongst nine involved […]
Trees and woodland can present new opportunities for upland farmers to increase livestock wellbeing and contribute to the profitability of the farm, a role increasingly recognised. However, there are still many questions about the practicalities of how to successfully integrate trees and woodland into farming systems. This practical one-day workshop, organised on 15th September by the […]
