Judit Rubio-Delgado, J. Francisco Lavado-Contador, Susanne Schnabel
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Such systems also include agricultural land uses combined with small woody features (SWF) such as hedgerows, avenue trees, woodlots and riparian buffer strips, which often form field boundaries.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The paper aims to analyse the spatial and temporal dynamics of agroforestry systems in the EU by determining their current extent, assessing the changes and transitions among land uses and its intensity, and evaluating the likely drivers of these changes.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>To achieve this, the LUCAS dataset was consulted, and the agroforestry systems categorised into common agroforestry systems (AF<sub>C</sub>) and SWF agroforestry systems (AF<sub>SWF</sub>). AF<sub>C</sub> included six types of systems: silvopastoral, silvoarable, agrosilvopastoral, grazed permanent crops, intercropped permanent crops and kitchen gardens. AF<sub>SWF</sub> included four types: SWF-arable crops, SWF-permanent crops, SWF-grazed grassland and SWF-ungrazed grassland. The intensity analysis of land use changes involving agroforestry systems was conducted at three levels: interval, categorical and transitional, across two time periods: 2012–2015 and 2015–2022.</div></div><div><h3>Results and conclusions</h3><div>Agroforestry systems in the EU covered 408,073 km<sup>2</sup> (25 % of UAA) in 2022, with AF<sub>SWF</sub> systems (64 %) being more widespread than AF<sub>C</sub> systems (36 %), and silvopastoral systems as the dominant type (29 % of the total agroforestry area). Over recent years, agroforestry area declined by 36 %, mainly due to SWF reduction from agricultural intensification and grazing abandonment, with SWF-permanent crops experiencing the highest loss (−56 %). Kitchen gardens were the only agroforestry type that expanded (24 %). France, Italy, Ireland, and Spain showed the largest declines (accounting for 62 % of the surface losses), while gains were only observed in Sweden, Hungary, Estonia, Finland, Czechia, and Slovakia. Most transitions (77 %) involved conversion to other land uses, though the loss rate slowed after 2015. Additionally, 18 % of changes were due to conversions from other land uses to agroforestry, while 5 % involved transitions among different agroforestry types.</div></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><div>This study provides the most up-to-date assessment of agroforestry system distribution and dynamics in the EU using the LUCAS dataset. The findings highlight the ongoing decline of agroforestry systems, emphasizing the need for policies that promote their conservation and integration into sustainable agricultural practices, particularly within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). By integrating an intensity analysis, the study enhances the understanding of land use transitions and their drivers, offering valuable insights for land management, ecosystem services, and climate resilience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 104437"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Recent spatiotemporal dynamics of agroforestry systems in Europe\",\"authors\":\"Judit Rubio-Delgado, J. Francisco Lavado-Contador, Susanne Schnabel\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104437\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><h3>Context</h3><div>Agroforestry is a land management system that integrates woody vegetation with crop and/or livestock production to benefit from ecological and economic interactions. 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France, Italy, Ireland, and Spain showed the largest declines (accounting for 62 % of the surface losses), while gains were only observed in Sweden, Hungary, Estonia, Finland, Czechia, and Slovakia. Most transitions (77 %) involved conversion to other land uses, though the loss rate slowed after 2015. Additionally, 18 % of changes were due to conversions from other land uses to agroforestry, while 5 % involved transitions among different agroforestry types.</div></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><div>This study provides the most up-to-date assessment of agroforestry system distribution and dynamics in the EU using the LUCAS dataset. The findings highlight the ongoing decline of agroforestry systems, emphasizing the need for policies that promote their conservation and integration into sustainable agricultural practices, particularly within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). 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Recent spatiotemporal dynamics of agroforestry systems in Europe
Context
Agroforestry is a land management system that integrates woody vegetation with crop and/or livestock production to benefit from ecological and economic interactions. Such systems also include agricultural land uses combined with small woody features (SWF) such as hedgerows, avenue trees, woodlots and riparian buffer strips, which often form field boundaries.
Objective
The paper aims to analyse the spatial and temporal dynamics of agroforestry systems in the EU by determining their current extent, assessing the changes and transitions among land uses and its intensity, and evaluating the likely drivers of these changes.
Methods
To achieve this, the LUCAS dataset was consulted, and the agroforestry systems categorised into common agroforestry systems (AFC) and SWF agroforestry systems (AFSWF). AFC included six types of systems: silvopastoral, silvoarable, agrosilvopastoral, grazed permanent crops, intercropped permanent crops and kitchen gardens. AFSWF included four types: SWF-arable crops, SWF-permanent crops, SWF-grazed grassland and SWF-ungrazed grassland. The intensity analysis of land use changes involving agroforestry systems was conducted at three levels: interval, categorical and transitional, across two time periods: 2012–2015 and 2015–2022.
Results and conclusions
Agroforestry systems in the EU covered 408,073 km2 (25 % of UAA) in 2022, with AFSWF systems (64 %) being more widespread than AFC systems (36 %), and silvopastoral systems as the dominant type (29 % of the total agroforestry area). Over recent years, agroforestry area declined by 36 %, mainly due to SWF reduction from agricultural intensification and grazing abandonment, with SWF-permanent crops experiencing the highest loss (−56 %). Kitchen gardens were the only agroforestry type that expanded (24 %). France, Italy, Ireland, and Spain showed the largest declines (accounting for 62 % of the surface losses), while gains were only observed in Sweden, Hungary, Estonia, Finland, Czechia, and Slovakia. Most transitions (77 %) involved conversion to other land uses, though the loss rate slowed after 2015. Additionally, 18 % of changes were due to conversions from other land uses to agroforestry, while 5 % involved transitions among different agroforestry types.
Significance
This study provides the most up-to-date assessment of agroforestry system distribution and dynamics in the EU using the LUCAS dataset. The findings highlight the ongoing decline of agroforestry systems, emphasizing the need for policies that promote their conservation and integration into sustainable agricultural practices, particularly within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). By integrating an intensity analysis, the study enhances the understanding of land use transitions and their drivers, offering valuable insights for land management, ecosystem services, and climate resilience.
期刊介绍:
Agricultural Systems is an international journal that deals with interactions - among the components of agricultural systems, among hierarchical levels of agricultural systems, between agricultural and other land use systems, and between agricultural systems and their natural, social and economic environments.
The scope includes the development and application of systems analysis methodologies in the following areas:
Systems approaches in the sustainable intensification of agriculture; pathways for sustainable intensification; crop-livestock integration; farm-level resource allocation; quantification of benefits and trade-offs at farm to landscape levels; integrative, participatory and dynamic modelling approaches for qualitative and quantitative assessments of agricultural systems and decision making;
The interactions between agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes; the multiple services of agricultural systems; food security and the environment;
Global change and adaptation science; transformational adaptations as driven by changes in climate, policy, values and attitudes influencing the design of farming systems;
Development and application of farming systems design tools and methods for impact, scenario and case study analysis; managing the complexities of dynamic agricultural systems; innovation systems and multi stakeholder arrangements that support or promote change and (or) inform policy decisions.