Technology · Agri-food systems / Agri-tech & precision

Agroforestry and silvopasture systems

Integrating trees with crops (agroforestry) or with livestock pasture (silvopasture) on the same land to diversify income and improve soil, shade and water retention.

Maturity 7/9 Risk: medium Regenerative Agriculture & Carbon-Farming Services Forestry EU · IN Forums and policy: 9 verified false · 1 Sources (0 independent)

1 · What it gives

Agroforestry combines woody perennials with crops or animals. Typical forms are alley cropping, shelterbelts, silvopasture and shade-grown perennial crops. The extra return comes from several products on one parcel and from soil and microclimate effects; the cost is slower payback because trees take years to produce.

Site and species design: Choose tree, crop and livestock species suited to climate and soil; plan tree spacing, rows or alley layout.
Establishment: Plant or retain trees, protect saplings, and sow crops or pasture between tree rows.
Management: Prune and thin trees, manage grazing rotation or alley crops, and monitor soil and shade effects.
Harvest and marketing: Harvest crops, fodder, fruit, nuts or timber at their own cycles; sell through existing supply chains.

Draft from established general knowledge; not source-checked (verified: false, confidence: low).

2 · What it replaces 3 · matched by industry

D3E–	Conifer root and butt rot (Heterobasidion) prevention by stump treatment with the competitive fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea (Rotstop) — instead of chemical stump treatments Replaces: Urea and borate (disodium octaborate) stump treatments; historically other chemical stump treatments	PEST
D3E–	Forest defoliator control (Siberian silk moth, spongy/gypsy moth, nun moth, pine moths) with Bt kurstaki, nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) and pheromone mating disruption — instead of aerial chemical insecticides Replaces: Aerial spraying of pyrethroids (cypermethrin, deltamethrin), organophosphates, and chitin-synthesis inhibitors (diflubenzuron) over forests	PEST
D1E3	Spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) and pine beetle management by early sanitation felling, pheromone monitoring, anti-aggregation pheromones and forest diversification — instead of insecticide-treated trap logs, nets and log-pile spraying Replaces: Pyrethroid (cypermethrin, alpha-cypermethrin)-treated trap logs, insecticide-netted log piles, spraying of timber stacks; historically …	PEST

3 · How to implement 4 steps

1
Site and species design
Choose tree, crop and livestock species suited to climate and soil; plan tree spacing, rows or alley layout.
2
Establishment
Plant or retain trees, protect saplings, and sow crops or pasture between tree rows.
3
Management
Prune and thin trees, manage grazing rotation or alley crops, and monitor soil and shade effects.
4
Harvest and marketing
Harvest crops, fodder, fruit, nuts or timber at their own cycles; sell through existing supply chains.

4 · Who delivers

Matched suppliers (matched automatically)

INIFAP	Mexico	Research / RTO	active
Embrapa	Brazil	Research / RTO	active
Kebony	Norway	Producer	active
Evertree	France	Producer	unverified
Lignovations GmbH	Austria	Producer	unverified
Metsä Group	Finland	Producer	unverified
Setra	Sweden	Producer	unverified
International Paper	United States	Producer	active
Smurfit Westrock	Ireland	Producer	active
Sumitomo Forestry	Japan	Producer	active
UPM-Kymmene	Finland	Producer	active
AGROSAVIA	Colombia	Research / RTO	active

Leading companies and institutes (from the brief)

5 · Rules & route to market

Route into Russia / EAEU: PEST · Ministry of Agriculture (Minselkhoz)
2-3 years (registration trials over seasons)
Information, not legal advice — confirm the procedure for your product. (2026-10-06)

United States

The policy backlog cites agroforestry in programmes for Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Burkina Faso and Rwanda (forum gap analysis 2026-11-04; individual documents not yet matched).

European Union

Long payback, land tenure and tree ownership rights, and limited seedling supply are the usual project risks to check.

Sources:

none matched yet

China

No companies are linked yet; the portal’s supplier matching adds them under the related industries.

6 · Money: tenders & grants

Grant	Innovative biotechnologies to restore soil health and improve agricultural competitiveness and resilience European Commission · EU	Apr 8, 2027 174 days
Grant	AI supporting informed advice for farmers and foresters to improve competitiveness and sustainability European Commission · EU	May 11, 2027 207 days
Grant	Empowering local urban food systems entrepreneurship and innovation European Commission · EU	Sep 23, 2027 342 days
Grant	Enhancing farmer's profitability and resilience through innovations for diversified crops and value chains European Commission · EU	Sep 23, 2027 342 days
Grant	Fostering common farmland birds and mammals for resilient food production systems European Commission · EU	Sep 22, 2027 341 days

7 · Tech stack & innovations

Where this appears 9 sources

Appears in 9 distinct sources across 6 regions, 2011–2026.

podcasts 2
policy documents 7

Regions: Ethiopia · France · Indonesia · Italy · Malawi · Rwanda

Distinct sources per year

2021: 1
2022: 1
2023: 1
2024: 1
2025: 0
2026: 1
2027: 0

Matched themes 4

Agroforesterie Agroforestry Agroforestry systems Sistemi agro-silvo-pastorali

Themes from forum programmes, policy documents and reports are mapped to technologies automatically and then reviewed; counts are distinct sources, not mentions, and are not a ranking. data sources and method → · Trending, not yet covered →

Sources 1 · 0 independent · 1 producer sites

Producers' own sites 1

doi.org producer checked 2026-11-05