Agroforestry för svenska förhållanden 2024 - Flipbook - Page 19
“We have a long tradition of agroforestry in
Sweden. You might not think of it, because we
don’t call it agroforestry: Our forest pastures,
our mountain holdings, all the semi-natural
pastures with trees and shrubs. So, animals
have long been integrated into our systems.”
- Johanna Björklund, Associate professor in environmental
science at the School of Science and Technology at Örebro
University, Sweden, citation from the film “Life within Planetary
Boundaries - Agroforestry”.
Linderödssvin på skogsbete.
/ Silvopasture with Linderödssvin, a landrace pig.
3. agroforestry SYSTEMS
- AN OVERVIEW
Author: Linnéa Pasquier
This far, we have established that agroforestry comes
in different guises that provide a range of ecosystem
services. But what different agroforestry systems are
there? In this brochure, we distinguish five commonly
recognised systems, namely “silvoarable” and “silvopastoral” systems, “buffer zones”, “forest farming”
and “forest gardens”. A rule of thumb for all agroforestry is that the woody plants have an intended
purpose and that the environment they grow in is
maintained to keep them productive. This could be to
produce a marketable or useful product (e.g. food,
timber) or to fulfil a function in the ecosystem (e.g.
hedges, shelter for grazing animals). Different systems
can of course co-exist on the same farm, as hybrids or
separately, providing even more diversity and potential benefits - for the farmer, the landscape, flora and
fauna.
Hestbjerg Økologi, Danmark: 45
hektar poppel, gran och fruktträd
i ”grisfält” som skapar skugga
för djuren, binder kol, bidrar till
biologisk mångfald och ett mer
variationsrikt landskap. På några
av gårdens spannmålsfält har det
grävts vattenhål och anlagts planteringar för att bryta upp de stora
åkrarna och skapa livsmiljöer.
/
Hestbjerg Økologi, Denmark: 45
hectares of poplar, spruce and fruit
trees in “pig fields”, to create shade
for the animals, sequester carbon,
contribute to biodiversity and a
more diverse landscape. In some
of the farm’s grain fields, water
holes have been dug and plantings
have been established to break up
the large fields and create habitats.
Photo: Marianne Fløe Hestbjerg.
