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ABCDR
Potentials of and decision making on agroforestry
Agroforestry combines agricultural and forestry systems. Ideally, such mixed systems can release great synergies that have a positive impact on water balance, nutrient balance, biodiversity, crop yields, humus formation and carbon sequestration. Agroforestry systems are already widespread in many parts of the world, but hardly so in Germany.
Project management
Dr. Christoph Müller
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Projekt duration
8/1/2022 – 7/31/2025Project goals
The ABCDR project investigates why agroforestry systems are not more widely used and how this could change in the future. For this purpose, we analyse the biophyiscal potentials, the decision-making processes of farmers, and the role of climate and agricultural policy. We work with different scientific approaches, incorporate stakeholder knowledge and practice, and use computer simulations to explore both the biophysical potential and possible agro-economic future pathways in which agroforestry systems play a greater role than they do at present. The three-year research project ABCDR started on 1.8.2022, and is carried out by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the University of Bonn. It is part of the CDRterra research programme of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
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© Eike Lüdeling, Universität Bonn.
© Eike Lüdeling, Universität Bonn.
© Eike Lüdeling, Universität Bonn.
© Eike Lüdeling, Universität Bonn.