WP2

Optimizing agroforestry design and management: tools for practitioners and farm advisors

Objectives

• Understand and improve farm-technical & economic, labour, and administrative aspects related to agroforestry
• Assess, predict and optimize tree and crop performance in agroforestry systems
• Develop and apply in-depth insights into the climate adaptation potential of agroforestry systems at field and farm scales
• Provide architecture for field- and farm-scale planning of agroforestry design and management hands-on digital tools

Milestones

• Milestone 8: baseline system and the associated financial benefits and costs
• Milestone 9: SWOT analysis of models/tools for agroforestry systems
• Milestone 10: 3D architectural models of trees parameterized
• Milestone 11: guidelines for DigitAF architecture, allowing interoperability of field and farm level tools

Deliverables

• Deliverable 2.1: survey form on technical & administrative issues
• Deliverable 2.2: roadmap on tools for technical & administrative issues
• Deliverable 2.3: roadmap 1.0 on anticipated benefits and costs of agroforestry innovations
• Deliverable 2.4: roadmap 2.0 on tools for anticipated benefits and costs of agroforestry innovations
• Deliverable 2.5: plan for improvement of existing tools/models for tree and crop productivity
• Deliverable 2.6: roadmap on tools and simulation models for tree and crop productivity, considering species or variety combinations and management
• Deliverable 2.7: tree architectural parameters obtained from LIDAR scans
• Deliverable 2.8: roadmap on tools and simulation models for agroforestry microclimate and water status
• Deliverable 2.9: Farm-scale open platform architecture and compatibility of individual tools/models