Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri (IRET), Villa Paolina, v. G. Marconi, 2, 05010 Porano (TR)
Consalvo C
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri (IRET), Villa Paolina, v. G. Marconi, 2, 05010 Porano (TR)
Rosati A
CREA Centro di ricerca Olivicoltura, Frutticoltura e Agrumicoltura, v. Nursina 2, 06049 Spoleto (PG)
Mele M
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro-ambientali, Univ. di Pisa, v. del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa
Franca A
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto per il Sistema Produzione Animale in Ambiente Mediterraneo (ISPAAM), Traversa la Crucca, 3, Località Baldinca, 07040 Li Punti (SS)
Camilli F
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Biometeorologia (IBIMET), v. Giovanni Caproni 8, 50145 Firenze
Marchetti M
Dip. di Bioscienze e Territorio, Univ. degli Studi del Molise, v. De Sanctis, 86100, Campobasso
The agricultural and forestry sectors are currently facing the dramatic trilemma of producing food, energy and wood for a growing world population, while preserving the environment at the same time. Agroforestry systems are able to address those issues by integrating crops and/or grazing animals with woody perennials on the same land unit, which results in ecological intensification of productivity and higher and synergic use efficiency of natural resources and cultural inputs. In Italy, there is a long tradition of agroforestry systems, but the modernization of agriculture and society has led to a great reduction in their adoption. Both the residual traditional agroforestry systems (about 1.4 million ha) and the modern ones currently studied, can contribute to food and wood security, while significantly maintaining the most relevant local and global ecosystem services (soil erosion, phytoremediation, biodiversity, carbon sequestration) in the current context of climate change.
