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Financement britannique (243 195 £) : Avenir de l’agroforesterie Ukri 12/08/2022 Recherche et innovation du Royaume-Uni, Royaume Uni

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Avenir de l’agroforesterie

Abstract UK nature-based solutions, such as tree planting, must engage with the agricultural sector, given that agriculture uses more than 70 per cent of the land in the UK and is a major emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Meeting the UK's tree planting targets and reducing agricultural GHG emissions may require converting current agricultural land to alternative land-uses. Agroforestry, where trees are deliberately combined with agriculture on the same piece of land, is one alternative land-use that maintains food production, but which can also drive down GHG emissions, deliver key ecosystem services, and create and improve (rural) livelihoods. Agroforestry supports several goals not only relevant to Net Zero, but for the UK government's 25 Year Environment Plan and Clean Growth Strategy. However, the environmental and societal benefits of agroforestry can only be realized through widespread adoption by key stakeholders, including farmers and land managers. The overall objective of the AF Futures project is to co-develop strategies to overcome barriers to, identify facilitators of, and increase opportunities for agroforestry practices in different UK contexts. Research focused on understanding the similarities in preferences and perceived challenges identified by different stakeholder groups, as well as how these might be addressed in local and national contexts will be conducted with AF futures, using a multidisciplinary approach. Integration of the natural, social and economic, sciences and arts and humanities is central to activities within AF Futures. Research addressing how regulatory structures, economic incentives, socio-economic drivers and impacts, and agronomic intervention shape agroforestry practices will be integrated through different disciplinary lenses. The arts and humanities will be used to create visual transitions from past representations of agroforestry to agroforestry futures, which integrate socio- economic outcomes and future biodiversity and ecosystem services, if adoption of different particular agroforestry approaches occurs.
Category Research Grant
Reference NE/X004066/1
Status Closed
Funded period start 12/08/2022
Funded period end 11/12/2025
Funded value £243 195,00
Source https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FX004066%2F1

Participating Organisations

Newcastle University
Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Forest Research
FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
Forestry Commission
Northumberland County Council
Fera Science (United Kingdom)
RSK ADAS Ltd
Woking Borough Council
BioDiversity International Ltd

Cette annonce se réfère à une date antérieure et ne reflète pas nécessairement l’état actuel. L’état actuel est présenté à la page suivante : Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Royaume Uni.