Announcement:

The final conference to present the research results of the follow-up-project 'Multifunctional assessment of agroforestry systems' is held on the 06. October 2010 in Freiburg. The conference is structured in a presentation part (in the morning) and a field excursion to a demonstration plot (in the afternoon).
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The 3rd conference with the topic “Cultivation and utilization of trees on agricultural areas” was held from April 28th to April 30th in Cottbus.
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The2nd conference with the topic “Cultivation and utilization of trees on agricultural areas”

Eight months after the 1st conference with the topic “Cultivation and utilization of trees on agricultural areas” of the agroforst, AGROWOOD and DENDROM projects financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the 2nd part of the conference was held from July 2nd to July 4th 2007 in Freiburg im Breisgau. Many representatives from the economy, science as well as practitioners from agriculture and forestry did participate.

The emphases of the conference were:

• current surrounding conditions
• markets for products from agroforestry systems and short rotation forests
• production aspects of agroforestry systems and short rotation forests
• economy of agroforestry systems and short rotation forests
• ecological services and landscape aesthetics of agroforestry systems and short rotation forests

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The 1st conference with the topic “Cultivation and utilization of trees on agricultural areas”

The first joint conference national conference with the topic “Cultivation and utilization of trees on agricultural areas” of the cooperative projects agroforst, DENDROM and AGROWOOD was held on November 6th and November 7th 2006 in Tharandt. Representatives from economy and science farmers, foresters and students from all federal states as well as the Swiss and Austria participated in the conference.
Topics were economical potentials, site and species selection, state-of-the-art techniques, and landscape aesthetics in addition to ecological and economical aspects of agricultural timber production (Cultivation from trees on agricultural areas). Moreover, agroforestry systems and their advantages and disadvantages were presented. The two days were too short to answer all questions about this complex area. There was not enough time to discuss the law aspects of energy plant cultivation and international aspects. This became obvious by the discussion contributions.
Prof. Dr. Murach thanked the BMBF in his résumé for the financial support of the cooperative projects, as well as the project AGROWOOD for the excellent organization of the conference: “Germany has to make up a lot in comparison to our European neighbors because not much work has been done particular in plant breeding as well as cultivation and harvesting methods within the last 15-20 years. Essential for an adequate consulting of the farmers are site specific growth parameters and harvesting volumes of appropriate species. This can only be done by the financial support of the federal and state government.” The conference did end with an excursion to experimental site Methau 1 & 2 of The Forestry Department of the University Dresden and an agricultural timber site established in 2004 by the agricultural business Kloas in Southern Brandenburg. The next joint conference with the topic “Cultivation and utilization of trees on agricultural areas” will be held from July 2nd to July 4th in Freiburg in Breisgau

(Source: DENDROM, www.dendrom.de)