期刊
LAND
卷 10, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/land10030278
关键词
agroforestry policy; participatory approach; local knowledge; climate change
资金
- Technology Agency of the Czech Republic [TL01000298]
- Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, a long-term research development project [RVO 67985939]
- Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, a long-term research development project [RVO: 68378076]
Czech agriculture is facing challenges from climate change, with the introduction of agroforestry systems playing a crucial role in improving adaptability and resilience. However, research indicates that farmers lack understanding of these systems, and barriers such as market opportunities and administrative processes hinder their establishment.
Czech agriculture is dealing with the consequences of climate change. Agroforestry cultures are being discursively reintroduced for better adaptability and resilience, with the first practical explorations seen in the field. Scholars have been working with farmers and regional stakeholders to establish a baseline for making agroforestry policy viable and sustainable. In a research effort that lasted three years, a large group of Czech farmers was interviewed via questionnaire surveys, standardized focus groups and in-depth personal interviews regarding their knowledge of agroforestry systems, their willingness to participate in these systems, and their concerns and expectations therewith. The information obtained helped the researchers gain better understanding of issues related to implementation of these systems. It was found that although trees are present on Czech farms and farmers appreciate their aesthetic and ecological landscape functions, knowledge about possible local synergies with crops and animals is lacking. This local knowledge gap, together with lack of market opportunities for the output of agroforestry systems and undeveloped administrative processes, have been identified as the greatest obstacles to the establishment of agroforestry systems. The researchers argue that the discovered cognitive and technological lock-in of the farmers may represent a risk to climate change adaptability and resilience. For the development of complex and localised land use (e.g., agroforestry) in such a context, the researchers suggest participative on-farm research, which would broaden the local knowledge base related to ecology and entrepreneurship.
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