A study in India finds that adding fruit trees to cropland increases carbon storage and increases farmers' revenue by up to a factor of five.
Original paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44246-024-00114-3
#Science #Agriculture #Agroforestry #Sustainability #ClimateChange #CarbonSequestration
"The Three Musketeers"
Amelanchier species blossom. Otherwise known as saskatoon berry or juneberry.
One of my favourites due to the interplay of light and shade on their creamy lanceolate petals. Never fails to dazzle.
#agroforestry #permaculture #forestgardening #flowers #petals #saskatoon #creamy #berries #blossom #bloomscrolling
"If you go down to the woods today, you'll be sure of a big surprise"
Wasp on currant flowers
#agroforestry #permaculture #forestgardening #fruit #currant #bloomscrolling #blossom #flowers #insect #wasp
An intrepid seven-spot explorer crests the horizon of a young leaf of the first of spring's growth of a hop plant.
#agroforestry #forestgardening #permaculture #flowers #hop #leaves #spring #insect #ladybird #bloomscrolling
There's something warm and buttery about this false oxlip discovered in my back yard ...
#agroforestry #forestgardening #blossom #permaculture #trees #bloomscrolling #cowslip #flowers #spring #primrose
Agroforestry
"Combining trees with crops or livestock is more productive, better for wildlife and healthier for the planet, but only 3% of the UK’s farmland currently practices agroforestry."
https://www.soilassociation.org/causes-campaigns/agroforestry/
#SolarPunkSunday #SoilAssociation #Trees #WildLife #UK #Farming #Agriculture #AgroForestry #Forestry #Forests #Soil
What Is Agroforestry? Agroforestry describes farming systems that combine trees and shrubs with agricultural crops or livestock. Agroforestry can be designed in a way that avoids potential trade-offs between food production and other public goods that occur in many modern farming systems.
Peak overland flows occur during heavy rainfall - increasing due to #climatechange
We’re designing a farm #agroforestry system that stack interventions to naturally intercept, slow & redistribute flow - cross slope contour Swales, with hedgerows planted below, ponds & stream side tree buffer strips. All increase water infiltration, land water holding capacity.
Strategic #climate adaptation, reducing flood & drought impacts; restore #nature & rivers, & contributes to #food resilience. #Alttext
RDN
Amazon Restore
Andrew
Ma Quest 
Spaceship Earth (Ecoregion 65n)
Nigel Pugh (he/him/they)