Klever Gallen: Agroforst project starts with 349 new trees!

Scientists from the Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences have launched an innovative project that examines the combination of agriculture and forest. From January 7, an Agroforst demonstration area will be created on an area of ​​3.3 hectares in the Klever gallery. This form of agroforstwirtschaft integrates trees and shrubs into agricultural areas.

Today, at the groundbreaking on Monday, the first tree was already placed on the urban property in Kleve, where a total of 349 trees and trees are planted in special strips. The cultivation of corn takes place between the trees. Previously, snacks grew there that contributed to soil health. This new extension should not only increase crop yields, but also promote ecologically sustainable practices, such as the reporting of RP online

Agroforst week at the Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences

The AgroForst summer week at the Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences will be opened on June 3 with a lecture at the children's university. Anna-Lea Ortmann, a doctoral student in the Agroforst Realabor of the Transregint project, will speak about sustainable agriculture and ecological issues to raise awareness of children between the ages of 8 and 12. In the forest garden Kleve, which houses a varied tree population and a fruit tree arboretum, a tree rally for students of the Bachelor's degrees Agribusiness and Sustainable Agriculture will take place, such as Rhein-Waal reported.

The students will also be excursion to Agroforst companies such as Berkhöfel in Bedburg-Hau and Schanzenhof in Alps and take part in a public tour through the Walnuss-Agrorst from Pia Haarz in the Birgel farm in Kalkar. At the beginning of the year, over 60 walnut trees were planted and a new area was created with hazelnut bushes, whereby the plant roots were vaccinated with truffle spores to expect a harvest over the next five to ten years.