Agroforestry information

Dear people interested in agroforestry,

we would like to share the following information:

• A busy year has come to an end, so there is a lot of new information material on our Ddownload page, e.g.:

• A new film on the maintenance of agroforestry systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWmJe0Ldxes another film will go online in the next few days.
• A review in pictures of the agroforestry conference in Wels: https://agroforst-oesterreich.at/tagung-2024/
• The project results from the StartClim project ‘Agroforestry - how trees in the field can contribute to solving the biodiversity and climate crisis’ https://agroforst-oesterreich.at/startclim-ergebnisse-und-methode/
• A new brochure ‘More trees, more benefits. Advantages of agroforestry systems for agriculture and the environment’, including test results and the various options for including agroforestry systems in Austria in the funding system and more information on the new “agroforestry strips” measure (here is the AMA fact sheet on the subject)

• ARGE Agroforst certification option: https://www.arge-agroforst.at/zertifizierung  2025 is the first opportunity worldwide to certify agroforestry areas. If you would like to participate in the PAN Agroforestry Cultivation certificate with your farm, please register by sending an informal e-mail to the following address: info@arge-agroforst.at This option ends on 13.01.2025!!! You can find more information in the attached file. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Zeno Piatti by e-mail (obmann@arge-agroforst.at) or on +43 664 899 7457.

• Events in January:

• Agroforestry webinar series of FiBL Switzerland on 16.01.2025 online 18:00-19:30 - Information and registration here: Agroforestry webinar series: Animal husbandry and fodder foliage
• Agroforestry day at the BIO AUSTRIA Farmers' Days - 30 January 2025 in Puchberg near Wels (Upper Austria): https://www.bio-austria.at/v/bauern/agroforsttag/

• Further events:

• 2nd LFI Agroforestry Certification Course - Start 10.2.2025, Lower Austria: https://noe.lfi.at/zertifikatslehrgang-agroforst+2500+2745938+++2854987
• Vitiforst - how do I integrate woody plants into my vineyard? - 20 + 21 March 2025 - Krems/Danube (Lower Austria): https://noe.lfi.at/vitiforst-wie-integriere-ich-geh%C3%B6lze-in-meinen-weingarten+2500+2811711+++2811718
• Agroforestry: Reconnecting traditional systems of land and forest use - 8 April 2025 in Leonding (Upper Austria): https://ooe.lfi.at/agroforst-traditionelle-systeme-von-land-und-forstnutzung-wieder-verbinden+2500+2807992+++2807993
• Agroforestry and market gardening - a successful symbiosis - 10 September 2025 in Neustift, district of St. Pölten Land (Lower Austria): https://noe.lfi.at/agroforst-und-marktg%C3%A4rtnerei-eine-gelungene-symbiose+2500+2810509+++2810513

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Mag. Theresia Markut
Agroforstentwicklung in Österreich und Nachhaltigkeitsanalyse
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL
Doblhoffgasse 7/10
1010 Vienna, Austria
theresia.markut@fibl.org
www.fibl.org
www.agroforst-oesterreich.at