Innovative and sustainable intensification of integrated food and non-food systems to develop climate-resilient agro-ecosystems in Europe (SustainFARM)
Integrated food and non-food systems (IFNS) are systems in which trees, crops and livestock components are integrated in different ways at different scales (plot-field-farm) and include traditional and innovative agroforestry. The specific objectives of SustainFARM were to:
- assess resource use efficiency and design innovative and cost-effective IFNS for optimum productivity;
- develop sustainability metrics to assess agronomic productivity and environmental performance and
- valorization of the woody components, residual waste and co-products into high value bio-energy carriers and bio-products.