DigitAF’s Post

📢 "Agroforestry - it is a game changer" Cem Özdemir honours agroforestry farmer Thomas Domin - Germany's Minister of Agriculture's highest award in agriculture goes to #Brandenburg 🌳 🗓 Berlin, 8th October. The Professor Niklas Medal is the highest award of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, #Germany for special merits and commitment to food, agriculture and forestry. Federal Minister Cem Özdemir rewarded #agroforestry pioneer Thomas Domin, who also is a DigitAF Living Lab farmer at this year's "political thanksgiving" in #Berlin. The #BMEL honours the agroforestry pioneer in the laudation: Thomas Domin is committed to the field of agroforestry. Not only practically on his farm, but also in cooperation with scientific institutions and as a volunteer in the German Agroforestry Association (Deutscher Fachverband für Agroforstwirtschaft (DeFAF) e.V.). 🌿 It is thanks to him that agroforestry systems are becoming more established in agriculture and are gaining public recognition: through the continuous expansion and scientific monitoring of various agroforestry systems. Especially in a region such as #Lusatia, where Thomas Domin's #farm is located, which is particularly affected by the climate crisis and as a post-mining landscape, this contributes to #biodiversity, soil protection, structuring of the landscape and responsible use of water resources. responsible use of water as a resource. At the same time, weather protection is created for the cultivated area and at the same time, yield stability is promoted and the product range is expanded. ✔ The minister highlighted: "Agroforestry, it is really, without pathos, a game changer. It is a game changer if we want to achieve something fast. For species protection, for climate protection and for the future of agriculture" The entire DIGITAF consortium congratulates Thomas for his commitment and continuos support of our research in agroforestry. Well deserved! 👏 Video: https://lnkd.in/eJ_4cdks Website: https://lnkd.in/epNXiarz DeFAF press release: https://lnkd.in/ezhCE4HM

#Agroforestry supports #foodsecurity and nutritional security and has already proven its potential regarding #climatechange mitigation, #biodiversity preservation, and carbon sequestration. Some inspiring discussions at today's Forum for the Future of Agriculture showed that #farmers need innovative financial solutions, confidence and long-term stability from policy-makers and accessible tools to start a fair transition to foster sustainable food production in Europe. #DigitAF makes data useful, accessible, shared and reused and provides hands-on, user-friendly and open-source tools helping farmers deal with the complexity of agroforestry systems. It also helps policy-makers design more efficient agroforestry support policies by: 🌳 targeting areas with very low tree coverage; 🥇 focusing on agroforestry systems showing the highest potential also considering farmers' acceptance; ⚖ comparing agroforestry-related policies of different EU countries. #ForumforAg #HorizonEurope #HorizonEU #Agriculture