Desertification is one of the major problems we face today. Deserts are spreading in places that were bursting to life and offered good productions a few decades before. Unsustainable agricultural practices […]
Agroforestry in the Mediterranean: Enhancing Water Availability in Agriculture (Cover photo by Seppe Deckx from the Agroforestry plot at La Junquera Regenerative Farm) The agroforestry system is an agricultural land-use […]
Climate-Smart Forestry: Strategies for Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Management Introduction Forests are crucial to Earth’s ecosystem, offering ecological, economic, and social benefits. Climate change poses a global challenge, impacting forested […]
Empowering Smallholder Farmers: Sustainable Solutions for Climate-Resilient Food Systems Demand for local sustainable and productive food systems is rising while witnessing that the global systems relying on intensive, extractive practices […]
Syntropic Agroforestry: Rapid Yield Strategies for Mediterranean Fruit Orchards Intercropping apple trees, berries, and paulownias in an agroforestry system in a Mediterranean garden This article describes a certain agroforestry system that works […]
Layering Plant Species in Syntropic Systems: Enhancing Productivity and Sustainability In my previous articles, we focused on the benefits of syntropic farming in water management, leading to generating farmlands on […]
In my first article, I described how a course on syntropic agroforestry in Curaçao changed the direction of farming on that small but gorgeous island. In this article, I want […]
“Planting water”: How agroforestry helped crops become drought resilient – A real-life example The personal testimony of Roland van Reenen, a Forest Farmer from Curaçao’ It was the year 2019, and I […]
Towards a resilient agriculture Agriculture is a sector that contributes to global warming and suffers its consequences but also offers opportunities for adaptation and mitigation. Agriculture’s ability to cope with […]
Why should we plant trees in the pasture? Silvopastoral systems offer an alternative for income diversification and a more sustainable approach to livestock farming. By intentionally combining animal and forage […]
Figure 1 (Used as cover picture). Hedge of the nitrogen-fixing Calliandra calothyrsus successfully direct seeded with improved low-cost methods and used for fodder and fuel in a Nitrogen-deficient maize field […]
