Agroforestry in England: benefits and barriers

The paper examines the potential of agroforestry to deliver a wide range of benefits in England.

Agroforestry describes farming systems that combine trees or shrubs with agricultural crops or livestock.

Despite barriers preventing widespread adoption, we believe agroforestry would be a win-win for:

• productivity
• environmental protection
• agricultural resilience.

We strongly believe the Government should adopt the seven recommendations in our paper.