Partners and Innovation Brokers of AFINET gathered in Krakow (Poland) to share and discuss the innovations identified in the nine regional agroforestry networks involved in the project, to improve the applied knowledge about AF practices. The best ways to spread these innovations through Europe were also addressed. Innovation Brokers presented the updates from each Regional […]
AFINET project attends Feira Nacional de Agricultura which is taking place in Centro Nacional de Exposições, in Santarém, Portugal, and is this year dedicated to “Olive grove and olive oil”. The AFINET project is participating on this event since it is this year dedicated to “Olive grove and olive oil”, an important topic of Agroforestry. Visitors to […]
The Workshop- “Wild herbs of Alentejo – Distillation of Essential oils”, which AFINET project attended, took place in Monte da Paz Farm, in Colos, Beja, on the 27th of May. The AFINET project participated on this event since essential oil distillation is among the several alternative uses of products from silvopastoral systems, as the ones in […]
The meeting started with a visit to the agroforestry fields at François Ongenaert’s farm. Across three fields, sessile oak, common walnut, cherry, sycamore, chestnut, plum and lime trees were planted. The farmer has an interest in both fruit and wood production. At one field, the farmer also planted berries and hazelnut trees as understorey vegetation in […]
The second meeting of the French AFINET RAIN was held on February, 2nd, 2018 in the Gers department (South West France). It gathered 19 people from the local agroforestry sector, including farmers, agroforestry advisors, nursery technicians, river officers, agriculture and forestry extentionists, representatives from the administration/government offices and the wood industry. The meeting was facilitated […]
