Diversified cropping systems with nut trees: video lectures and invitation to participate in the survey
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Diversified cropping systems with nut trees: video lectures and invitation to participate in the survey

ByCathrine Dolleris

from Pavlo Ardanov I would like to share with you my video lecture Polyculture systems with nut tree crops (Almond, Chestnut, Hazelnut, Pistachio, Ginkgo, Yellowhorn, Pecan, Hickory, Walnuts) where I have reviewed an academic literature on designing diversified cropping systems with nut trees. This is the part of the lecture series Designing Crop Polycultures, which might be of your interest if you are motivated to redice your farming…

Invitation to participate in the research project Increasing Agricultural Resilience with High-Performance Polycultures
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Invitation to participate in the research project Increasing Agricultural Resilience with High-Performance Polycultures

ByCathrine Dolleris

by Pavlo Ardanov Do you practice, research or study ecologically intensive agriculture, where the farm needs in nutrient turnover and biocontrol are primarily met by diversifying cultivated and wild plants and animals? Are you motivated to reduce farm inputs and pollution while increasing economic and environmental resilience, sustaining resident biodiversity and increasing carbon sequestration? If…

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Conference “Polycultures and Permaculture”

ByCathrine Dolleris

by Pavlo Ardanov Research and practice conference “Polycultures and Permaculture” aimed at establishing collaboration between researchers and practitioners to promote biodiversity-based agriculture will be organized on 1 – 6 of February 2020 (Kyiv, Ukraine; Davis, USA; online sessions). Functionally assembled crop combinations and rotation schemes help to maintain ecological regulation for soil fertility, pest and…

Search for niche innovations in Europe in the field of food and agriculture
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Search for niche innovations in Europe in the field of food and agriculture

ByCathrine Dolleris

Dear European Permaculture-Network, We from NAHhaft together with our project partners Friends of the Earth Europe and Nyéléni Europe and Central Asia would be grateful for your support. This would involve reaching out to people from a variety of sustainable niche initiatives in the agriculture and food systems of Europe, and increasing awareness of these initiatives. The research project aims at finding a plurality of…