Lack of information, capacities and knowledge at different stages of the non-wood forest products (NWFP) value chain, often prevents realising the full potential of NWFP and multi-purpose trees (MPT)
The four year EU FP7 project Valerie (VALorising European Research for Innovation in agriculturE and forestry) started on 1 January and the kick off meeting took place 16-17 January in Wageningen, the
The general objective of the project was to analyse the potentials and practices in utilising local forest resources for high value added production, especially in the border regions of EU. The
More information Recommended citation: Peter Glück and Gerhard Weiss (editors). 1996. Forestry in the Context of Rural Development: Future Research Needs. Proceedings 15. European Forest Institute
Agroforestry is the integration of trees, crops and/or livestock on the same area of land. Europe has many traditional agroforestry systems with high environmental and cultural values, but also
