Project description DEENESFRITPL Encouraging the wider adoption of agroforestry in Europe Ever since the dawn of agriculture during the Neolithic Period, the relationship between humans and land has been a reciprocal one: the land produces the necessary means of sustenance, but it can only achieve this if it is properly tended to. Agroforestry yields essential products such as food and timber, at the same time ensuring the protection of biodiversity so the natural environment continues to provide its resources and other benefits. The EU-funded REFOREST project aims to overcome the barriers to wider agroforestry adoption in Europe. To that end, it will encourage knowledge exchange amongst stakeholders, provide solutions to farmers, and propose relevant policy interventions that will elevate agroforestry to a key driver of farm productivity, socioeconomic viability and sustainability. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The primary mission of the project is to foster innovation, knowledge exchange and provide novel solutions to empower farmers in Europe and associated countries to deliver to multiple objectives: food production, carbon capture, and biodiversity. Agroforestry is an auspicious land use type, allowing farmers to continue producing food while significantly improving the environmental sustainability of their operations. Integration of trees into agricultural business contributes to a host of ecosystem services, lowering the environmental and social impact of food production. Past research has attempted to foster the renaissance of agroforestry in Europe, resulting in a sizeable knowledge base and modelling capability. The most critical barriers to agroforestry adoption in Europe relate to lack of knowledge, impact of tree planting on farm business, and unclear policy support positioned between agriculture and forestry. We will employ a co-creation and multi-actor approach as our fundamental research method to place agroforestry systems in the right balance of farm productivity, socio-economic viability and sustainability. We will maximise the use of existing knowledge and data, utilise agroforestry living labs built upon foundations laid by previous projects, and establish a stakeholder and actor engagement platform to enable knowledge transfer, training and innovation. This project will prioritise enhancing knowledge exchange and transfer, enabling the integration of carbon and biodiversity finance in farm business models, and by proposing targeted policy interventions as solutions to overcoming barriers to agroforestry expansion. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelssocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivityagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturearboriculturenatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringcarbon capture engineering Programme(s) HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Main Programme HORIZON.2.6.3 - Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Areas Topic(s) HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-08 - Agroforestry to meet climate, biodiversity and farming sustainability goals Call for proposal HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based Coordinator CESKA ZEMEDELSKA UNIVERZITA V PRAZE Net EU contribution € 480 350,00 Address Kamycka 129 suchdol 165 00 Praha Czechia See on map Region Česko Praha Hlavní město Praha Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all EURO MEDITERRANEAN ECONOMIST ASSOCIATION Spain Net EU contribution € 500 000,00 Address Carrer de sant antoni m. claret 167 pavello sant j del recinte modernista del hospital de la santa creu i sant pau 08025 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 INAGRO, PROVINCIAAL EXTERN VERZELFSTANDIGD AGENTSCHAP IN PRIVAATRECHTELIJKE VORM VZW Belgium Net EU contribution € 264 218,75 Address Ieperseweg 87 8800 Rumbeke roselare See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Roeselare Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Denmark Net EU contribution € 491 062,50 Address Norregade 10 1165 Kobenhavn See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 OGOLNOPOLSKIE STOWARZYSZENIE AGROLESNICTWA Poland Net EU contribution € 197 500,00 Address Hugona kollataja 41/28 24 100 Pulawy See on map Region Makroregion wschodni Lubelskie Lubelski Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT BONN Germany Net EU contribution € 330 248,75 Address Regina pacis weg 3 53113 Bonn See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 TRAKIYSKI UNIVERSITET Bulgaria Net EU contribution € 148 875,00 Address Students campus rectorat 6000 Stara zagora See on map Region Северна и Югоизточна България Югоизточен Стара Загора Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 EUROPROJECT OOD Bulgaria Net EU contribution € 113 250,00 Address 26 william gladstone str. 1000 Sofia See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 PHILIPPS UNIVERSITAET MARBURG Germany Net EU contribution € 309 656,00 Address Biegenstrasse 10 35037 Marburg See on map Region Hessen Gießen Marburg-Biedenkopf Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,25 SOPRONI EGYETEM Hungary Net EU contribution € 195 005,00 Address Sopron bajcsy zsilinszki u 4 9400 Sopron See on map Region Dunántúl Nyugat-Dunántúl Győr-Moson-Sopron Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 DEUTSCHER FACHVERBAND FUR AGROFORSTWIRTSCHAFT (DEFAF) EV Germany Net EU contribution € 199 775,00 Address Karl liebknecht strasse 102 haus b 03046 Cottbus See on map Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Cottbus Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FARMTREE BV Netherlands Net EU contribution € 103 750,00 Address Bronland 12 c 1 6708 WH Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partners (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all THE UNIVERSITY OF READING United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Whiteknights campus whiteknights house RG6 6AH Reading See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Berkshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 PROGRESSIVE FARMING TRUST LTD LBG United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Trent lodge GL7 6JN Cirencester See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. 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