McAdam, J.H., Olave, R. and Fomara, D. (2018) Silvopastoral agroforestry - An option to support sustainable grassland intensification. In Proceedings of 4th European Agroforestry Conference - Agroforestry as Sustainable Land Use. pp. 178-180.

Intensive and semi-intensive temperate grassland systems often revolve around landscapes which have poor ecosystem services delivery. This work demonstrates that the introduction of wide spaced trees in silvopastoral agroforestry systems can make these grassland landscapes more sustainable, deliver a wide range of ecosystem services and align with a sustainable grassland management strategy. The longer animals can remain on pasture in climates with high, unpredictable rainfall, the less ammonia will be emitted from the system. Silvopasture is shown to extend the grazing season to help higher grass utilisation and give resilience to grazing during extreme rainfall, while increasing short-term carbon storage and long term carbon sequestration.

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