Can Agroforestry Grow beyond Its Niche and Contribute to a Transition towards Sustainable Agriculture in Sweden?

Christina Schaffer, Karin Eksvärd and Johanna Björklund
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Christina Schaffer: Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Karin Eksvärd: Inspire Action and Research (IA&R), Boängsvägen 98, 741 92 Knivsta, Sweden
Johanna Björklund: School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 13, 1-14

Abstract: Agroforestry is thought to be an approach that could support agriculture in the transition from a system with sustainability problems to one containing regenerative activities contributing to viable ecosystems and, therefore, sustainability solutions. A transdisciplinary and participatory action research (PAR) group that included farmers approached the development of temperate agroforestry systems in the modern agricultural setting of Sweden through practical experience on 12 farms for collective analysis. The objective was to research potential systems such as edible forest gardens, silvopasture and silvoarable systems to discuss their use and effects as well as scaling possibilities. Knowledge and experiences of challenges and solutions related to the development of agroforestry were identified at both niche and regime levels.

Keywords: agroforestry; temperate; agroecology; participatory action research; transition; niche innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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