Agroforestry

Forest Type 8 (FT8)

The aim of Forest Type 8 – Agroforestry is to provide support for agroforestry and food forests. This will facilitate landowners in planting land with trees and continuing to produce food through agriculture.

Three categories of agroforestry will be supported under this intervention:

• Silvopastoral systems (trees and grass) 
• Silvoarable systems (trees and crops)
• Forest gardening (establishment of small-scale food forests)

Tree species include broadleaves and conifers and will be assessed on a site-by-site basis.

Further information

• For further details, contact your local Teagasc Forestry Adviser.