Agroforestry Education in Europe - AgroFe

Agroforestry Education in Europe - AgroFe The AgroFE project builds on scientific research, agroforestry experiments and professional practice and training and innovative teaching resources.

During the 20th century agroforestry has experienced a strong abandonment, counting today only a few million hectares in all Europe. Following scientific research, development structures and experiments of professionals, agroforestry has met national and European recognition in recent years again. In some European countries namely Belgium, France and UK professional organizations and training acto

rs try to reintroduce agroforestry by training of adults. There were some experimental courses conducted in these countries recently, but just on a small scale since resources such as trainers and skills and knowledge available are still scarce. In the AgroFE project partner countries there is a need for conversion and development of about 15 000 to 20 000 farms in the next 5 – 7 years, which means training of the same number of operation managers. To achieve these goals more advisors and trainers in agroforestry is needed. Two types of actors in agroforestry (target groups) that need to be educated and trained have been identified: farmers and future farmers, students and adults on one hand and advisors/tutors on the other hand. These groups correspond to three levels of education of the European Qualification Framework – L4, L5, L6.

Agroforestry seminar in Prague, Czech Republic, 20 October 2015The seminar on agroforestry with theme: „Potential and pe...
07/11/2015

Agroforestry seminar in Prague, Czech Republic, 20 October 2015

The seminar on agroforestry with theme: „Potential and perspectives of sustainable planting of trees on arable lands“ was organized by the Czech Association for Agroforestry on October 20, 2015 at the campus of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague.

The aim of the seminar was to discuss options, ecological aspects and potential of agroforestry, to share experience from the Czech Republic and Europe and to indicate possibilites of planting trees on arable lands.

The programme of the seminar started with presentations and discussions and continued with afternoon workshop on specific topics related to agroforestry.

Some of the topics of the seminar were:
• Reasons for planting trees on arable lands
• Traditional agroforestry – grazed orchards, homegardens
• Silvopastoral agroforestry systems
• Agroforestry and its impact on soil
• Ecological, social and economical aspects of agroforestry
• Legislative and aministrative solutions for planting of trees on arable lands – current state and visions
• Education, raising awarness and consultancy in agroforestry

The participants of the seminar were farmers, foresters, researchers and academic staff, public sector officers and other people interested in the topic.

The outcomes of the workshop are expected to bring new and complex perspective on agroforestry systems and their implementation and development in the Czech Republic.
Source:
http://www.agrofe.eu/blog/2015/10/22/agroforestry-seminar-in-prague-czech-republic-october-20/

Lectures on Agroforestry and AgoFE at University of Debrecen for 150 participants (students, lecturers, researchers, pro...
18/10/2015

Lectures on Agroforestry and AgoFE at University of Debrecen for 150 participants (students, lecturers, researchers, professionals)

Keserű Zsolt-Honfy Veronika (National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Forest Research Institute):
Actualities of Hungarian agro-forestry systems

Herdon Miklós: The AgroFE European Leonardo project

7th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA ...
23/09/2015

7th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA 2015) was held between September 17-20, 2015, in Kavala, Greece. Dr. László Várallyai from University of Debrecen presented some results of the AgroFE Leonardo project.
http://2015.haicta.gr/

AFAF, EURAF and AFAF jointly organised a two-week agroforestry event (Paysages in Marciac) at the Marciac Festival (Fran...
10/09/2015

AFAF, EURAF and AFAF jointly organised a two-week agroforestry event (Paysages in Marciac) at the Marciac Festival (France) from 27th July - 15th August. The program targeted different types of stakeholders from the general public to agroforestry experts. Agroforestry farms were visited. There was the two days event linked to the doctorate and post-doctorate research works carried out in France. A stakeholder innovation group with the participation of researchers and farmers were also carried out to discuss the future research in France about agroforestry. Hungarian partner and French partners were involved on this event. (Source: EURAF Newsletter No12, 2015)

The CEEPUS coordinators’ meeting was held in Debrecen, Hungary between 18-19 August 2015 at University of Debrecen – Fac...
21/08/2015

The CEEPUS coordinators’ meeting was held in Debrecen, Hungary between 18-19 August 2015 at University of Debrecen – Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management. Szilvia Botos and Bernadett Gálya have presented the main objectives and results of the AgroFE project and introduced those points where the students can join to this project. Szilvia Botos presented the informatical background related to the project (the Moodle e-learning system, the Vidyo and Videotorium platforms for videoconferences, the Tablets for teaching and training and the Knowledge Database System), Bernadett Gálya presented some Case Studies: Applications and the methods for Modelling of Agroforestry Site Selection to Develop Green Corridor.

Rubedo Knowledge Database training was held in Dijon, France between 27 and 30 of July. The training location was in the...
12/08/2015

Rubedo Knowledge Database training was held in Dijon, France between 27 and 30 of July. The training location was in the Agrosup – between Monday and Thursday every day from 9 am to 6 pm. The training was held from the developer company Alexandru Dobru. Charles Burriel from the Agrosup, László Várallyai and Szilvia Botos from the University of Debrecen were attended at the training. During the training we could get detailed information about the system structure and usages and could test our acquired knowledge about the Rubedo system.

Őshonos állattartás az Őrségi Nemzeti ParkbanZalaegerszegi Televizó (TVZeg) felvételeIndigenous livestock breeding in th...
27/07/2015

Őshonos állattartás az Őrségi Nemzeti Parkban
Zalaegerszegi Televizó (TVZeg) felvétele

Indigenous livestock breeding in the Őrségi National Park (Hungary)
by Zalaegerszeg Television Broadcasting (TVZeg)

A hagyományos állattartási mód felélesztése és az őshonos fajták szaporítása -- ez a célja Őrségi Nemzeti Park mintaprogramjának. A témának Halassy Gábor és ...

07/07/2015
EFITA/WCCA/CIGR 2015 Conference was held in Poznan, Poland from June 29 to July 2, 2015.EFITA/WCCA/CIGR 2015 was a joint...
07/07/2015

EFITA/WCCA/CIGR 2015 Conference
was held in Poznan, Poland from June 29 to July 2, 2015.
EFITA/WCCA/CIGR 2015 was a joint conference of three associations: European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (EFITA), International Network for Information Technology in Agriculture – World Congress on Computers in Agriculture (INFITA – WCCA) and International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering – Technical Section VII: Information Technology (CIGR VII).

On the conference
- an AgroFE presentation was given, titled: ICT based innovative solutions in building agroforestry training and learning support system
- issued the AgroFE poster
- distributed the AgroFE leaflets

Presentations will be published on the conference website later.
Conference details on: http://www.efita2015.org/

June 29th - July 2nd 2015, Poznan, Poland

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