New comprehensive catalogue of scientific literature about mixed farming and agroforestry (D3.1)
The project MIXED has completed an initial introductory review of research projects and the wider literature on the topic of mixed farming and agroforestry in Europe.
The result of this thorough literature study is a comprehensive catalogue, which can be used as a go-to resource for the further work in the MIXED project. The catalogue can also be used as a solid starting point by other projects within mixed farming and agroforestry as a field of research.
The present catalogue contains a database of literature bibliography of 882 records and a Project Matrix of 52 projects and their focus areas. Even though the content of the database is comprehensive, the catalogue cannot be considered as a complete list.
A point worth paying attention to when reviewing the existing literature, is that mixed farming and agroforestry is a very broad concept and the complexity surrounding its definition can pose challenges on the selection between what is included and what is not. As an example, organic farming systems often are within the definition of a mixed system but may not identify themselves as such. For that reason, there may be further relevant research projects that are not included in the present catalogue – not because such research projects were discarded, but because of differences in terminology and categorisation and therefore may not have been identified.
Furthermore, 22 projects from France were discarded from the analysis, because the dissemination of the research projects were not available in English, which highlights another potential barrier for knowledgebase sharing in the broad field of mixed farming and agroforestry.
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MIXED - Multi-actor and transdisciplinary development of efficient and resilient MIXED farming and agroforestry systems
Ongoing | 2020-2025
- Main funding source
- Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Denmark
Project Keywords
- Aquaculture
- Arable crops
- Organic farming
- Agro-ecology
- Crop rotation/crop diversification/dual-purpose or mixed cropping
- Biodiversity and nature
- Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation and mitigation, and other air related issues)
- Competitiveness/new business models
- Farm diversification
- Forestry
- Landscape/land management
- Soil