Building Agroforestry Policy Bottom-Up: Knowledge of Czech Farmers on Trees in Farmland
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F21%3A00541202" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/21:00541202 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68378076:_____/21:00541202 RIV/00216224:14230/21:00121698
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/3/278" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/3/278</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10030278" target="_blank" >10.3390/land10030278</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Building Agroforestry Policy Bottom-Up: Knowledge of Czech Farmers on Trees in Farmland
Original language description
Czech agriculture is dealing with the consequences of climate change. Agroforestry cultures are being discursively reintroduced for better adaptability and resilience, with the first practical explorations seen in the field. Scholars have been working with farmers and regional stakeholders to establish a baseline for making agroforestry policy viable and sustainable. In a research effort that lasted three years, a large group of Czech farmers was interviewed via questionnaire surveys, standardized focus groups and in-depth personal interviews regarding their knowledge of agroforestry systems, their willingness to participate in these systems, and their concerns and expectations therewith. The information obtained helped the researchers gain better understanding of issues related to implementation of these systems. It was found that although trees are present on Czech farms and farmers appreciate their aesthetic and ecological landscape functions, knowledge about possible local synergies with crops and animals is lacking. This local knowledge gap, together with lack of market opportunities for the output of agroforestry systems and undeveloped administrative processes, have been identified as the greatest obstacles to the establishment of agroforestry systems. The researchers argue that the discovered cognitive and technological “lock-in” of the farmers may represent a risk to climate change adaptability and resilience. For the development of complex and localised land use (e.g., agroforestry) in such a context, the researchers suggest participative on-farm research, which would broaden the local knowledge base related to ecology and entrepreneurship.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40101 - Agriculture
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TL01000298" target="_blank" >TL01000298: Agroforestry - potential for regional development and sustainable rural landscape</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Land
ISSN
2073-445X
e-ISSN
2073-445X
Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
278
UT code for WoS article
000633853900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85103004816