Verdienmodellen agroforestry in het buitenland

Agroforestry, as a form of nature-inclusive circular agriculture, offers potential for various societal challenges. Trees and shrubs contribute to climate mitigation through CO2 sequestration, and climate adaptation through a cooling and water-retaining effect. In addition, it offers benefits such as restoring the landscape and biodiversity, improving animal welfare, soil, air and water quality, and closing mineral cycles. An important potential advantage is also a broadening of the farmer's earning model.

Because this form of agriculture is still in its infancy, knowledge development will be necessary in the coming years. Recent advisory reports show that there is still a lot of uncertainty about the role of revenue models in the transition towards agroforestry. But there are also other bottlenecks.

In order to arrive at a perspective for action, insight is needed into the potential to realize certain forms of agroforestry per soil type or landscape type. This concerns suitable locations (soil type, as a buffer between ecologically sensitive areas and intensive agricultural areas), but also insight into yields and yield loss (food and carbon storage), legislation and regulations, soil degradation, soil cultivation with second cultivation and effects on rooting of trees.

The aim of this project is to:

• Gain more insight into possible revenue models for agroforestry.
• Gain more insight into the circumstances under which revenue models for agroforestry are most promising.
• Concrete recommendations for the role of national and regional authorities.