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Challenges and innovations for improving the sustainability of European agroforestry systems of high nature and cultural value: stakeholder perspectives

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Traditional forms of agroforestry are often recognized as exemplar systems that successfully integrate food production, biodiversity conservation and high cultural values. However many traditional agroforestry systems in Europe are in decline or are threatened and the perspectives of local stakeholders on the production, management, socio-economic, and environmental dimensions of such systems are not fully understood. To fill this gap, we present results of participatory research performed with ten stakeholder groups (SG) across Europe to search for solutions to improve the economic and ecological sustainability of High Nature and Cultural Value agroforestry systems (HNCV agroforestry). Stakeholders included both users and beneficiaries of the HNCV agroforestry. First, SGs held open discussions (227 participants) to identify major challenges for the long-term sustainability of HNCV agroforestry. Challenges were classified into production, management, socio-economic and the environment categories. Second, they responded to structured questionnaires (120 respondents) that explored the positive and negative perceptions of 45 possible attributes of HNCV agroforestry. Third, innovative solutions were identified by individual and group discussions to address the four categories of challenge. Challenges were mostly identified for the management and socio-economic categories, but several challenges concerning production and environment were also pinpointed. Besides, solutions matched poorly with the challenges identified, and, while challenges were at some extent common across countries, solutions to address them were more case-specific. The successful implementation of these solutions requires an in-depth understanding of the diversity of socio-cultural and natural contexts of the HNCV agroforestry systems and building bottom-up proposals and collective actions based on this understanding. The sustainability of HNCV agroforestry would be benefited by providing farmers and managers with a financial advantage from the high nature and cultural value of these systems.

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Acknowledgements

AGFORWARD Project (Grant Agreement No. 613520), funded by 7th Framework Programme of RTD of the European Commission. We thank the 230 stakeholders who participated in the study for sharing their insights (all open and questionnaire responses were anonymized). V. Rolo was supported by a “Talento” fellowship (TA18022) funded by the regional government of Extremadura (Spain).

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  1. Institute for Dehesa Research (INDEHESA), University of Extremadura, 10600, Plasencia, Spain

    Victor Rolo, Fernando Javier Pulido & Gerardo Moreno

  2. Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology and Center of Systems Biology, Biodiversity and Bioresources (Center of “3B”), Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Tibor Hartel

  3. INRAE, UMR 980 BAGAP, 65 Rue de Saint Brieuc, CS 84215, 35042, Rennes, France

    Stephanie Aviron & Claudine Thenail

  4. The European Forest Institute, Joensuu, Finland

    Staffan Berg

  5. Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal

    Josep Crous-Duran, Joao Henrique Nunes Palma & Joana Amaral Paulo

  6. CNR-ISPAAM, Trav. La Crucca 3, Reg. Baldinca, 07100, Sassari, Italy

    Antonello Franca

  7. EntoNative GmbH, 14558, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany

    Jaconette Mirck

  8. Department of Forestry and NEM, Agricultural University of Athens, 36100, Athens, Greece

    Anastasia Pantera

  9. Nucleo Ricerca Desertificazione, University of Sassari, 07100, Sassari, Italy

    Gioavanna Seddaiu

  10. School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, UK

    Paul John Burgess

  11. MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary

    Anna Varga

  12. MV Agroecology Research Centre, Moinhos de Vento, 7750-217, Mértola, Espírito Santo, Portugal

    Joao Henrique Nunes Palma

  13. INRAE, UMR 1069 SAS, 65 Rue de Saint Brieuc, CS 84215, 35042, Rennes, France

    Valerie Viaud

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Rolo, V., Hartel, T., Aviron, S. et al. Challenges and innovations for improving the sustainability of European agroforestry systems of high nature and cultural value: stakeholder perspectives. Sustain Sci 15, 1301–1315 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00826-6

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