Agroforestry in Europe (full film)

[@richardbowers4803]

Stephen, it's nice to see how the farm has developed over the years. Susan & I have finally started on Buvuma with what is a combination of syntropic, agroforestry, permaculture & organic principles. As you know, the speed of growth here is phenomenal & we expect to see 5m of tree growth within 2 years.

[@bradl.8943]

Thank you for producing this great video! Please consider adding English sub-titles to the speakers of other languages. This would multiply the impact of this high quality video. Looking forward to seeing more agroforestry videos of this quality, Brad

[@afinetproject5310]

Dear Brad, thank you for your comment! We are glad you liked it! This video is currently subtitled in nine European languages (English, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Finnish, Polish and Hungarian). You can find the captions in the settings option of the video (the little icon in the bottom bar).

[@jullclerc5759]

just hit 'CC' next to settings for auto generated subs

[@AgroforestryAcademy]

Hey Brad, you can check out a few other agroforestry videos @ our channel!!

[@timcline244]

Absolutely great!@@

[@vasilikilappa2758]

Thank you for the great work. AGROFORESTRY makes people happy!!

[@ZeljkoSerdar]

Agroforestry has an important place in the landscape, but significant barriers must first be overcome: - a lack of skills and knowledge to successfully design, implement and manage agroforestry systems and identify and develop markets - landowners having capital to invest, as lead times are long before returns are seen - a resistance to change due to cultural perceptions of forestry devaluing land and its permanent nature.

[@sowyouthinkyoucanplant5630]

I agree with your first and third points, though I don't think there is quite the issue of time to harvest. In the initial stages of growth, years 1-3, there can be a significant production of quick return crops between the long term species. There's not just one way to design the system so I think if necessary a design could be made to focus on successful yields that subsidise the installation investment every 6 months or so until main crops come into production

[@ZeljkoSerdar]

@@sowyouthinkyoucanplant5630 true!

[@pistonwhisperer]

And how are you going to feed the growing population when you are reducing the area of farm land, its well documented that agro forestry is less productive

[@mithrandir900]

Actually the reverse is the case - there are many inquiries showing that agroforestry is far more productive. And no wonder, since it makes much better use of solar energy throughout the year (and resources as well).

[@pistonwhisperer]

I am a retired farmer, the rough land most animals graze is unfit for arable farming, therfore, unfit for fruit producing trees, it's OK for Norway spruce, and the like but nothing grows under or around them, so no agro forestry unless you want to eat wood

[@mithrandir900]

@@pistonwhisperer There are some fruit and nut trees that don't need good soil, the only limiting factor may be a too cold climate (zones 1-4). There is also no problem in keeping the pasture and adding some trees, fruiting or not - properly done it doesn't affect grasses and hence livestock productivity, and you have extra crop from trees. And finally - eating wood directly actually doesn't seem a perfect idea unless you are are woodworm, but using fungi you can very easily divert wood into human food :-)