Agroforestry is an agricultural approach that reconciles biodiversity with crop production. By mimicking natural ecosystems, it fosters synergistic relationships among crops, shrubs, trees, animals, insects, fungi, and other species. This process helps create semi- and self-sustaining, resilient food production systems while enhancing both biodiversity and soil fertility.
Support biodiversity and build resilient ecosystems
Increase water availability
Improve soil fertility and serve as natural pest control
Boost CO2 fixation and help with microclimate regulation
Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Contribute nowRegenerative Agroforestry goes beyond food production and restoration of degraded land; it concile biodiversity and agriculture and pushes for a permanent involvement of local communities in the conservation and management of vegetal ecosystems.
Agroforestry also has significant potential for carbon fixation and can directly help fight global warming as CO2 capture and storage by vegetal species plays a massive role in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission.
Higher use of pesticide and herbicide
Soil degradation and fertility loss
Higher water use
Extinction of pollinators
Soil and groundwater contamination
Higher use of synthetic fertilizer
Decrease of biodiversity