Sessions

EURAF 26 Agroforestry at the Heart of Europe: Scientific Sessions

• Theme 1: Agroforestry for food security

  S1.1 – Forest grazing and wood pastures for control of wildfires - practical and legal aspects

  Manuel Bertomeu Garcia – University Extremadura – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Gerry Lawson – EURAF – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Traditional European silvopastoral systems urgently need to be revitalized for wildfire control. The session will focus on creating and managing wood pastures on agricultural-land, forest-grazing on forest-land Targeted grazing by livestock, such as cattle and goats, is well-known to limit flammable undergrowth and reduce the likelihood of ground fires climbing into the canopy. But there are practical and legal issues preventing this practice from being used as widely and quickly as is needed. The session will focus on southern Europe but contributions from further north are invited, since fire is an increasing risk throughout the continent. A key focus will be improving support with CAP funds, including both agricultural and forest components. The financial and global-warming costs of wildfires will be compared to grazing incentives and future “nature payments”, particularly in the context of the NRR, which currently encourages the maximisation of deadwood in forests.

   

  S1.2 – Mapping agroforestry areas and farms in Europe - engaging citizen science

  Gerry Lawson – EURAF – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Kristoffer Rønn-Andersen – RegenFarmer – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Joao Palma – MVARC – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Rico Huebner – DeFAF – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Paul Burgess – Cranfield University – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Efforts are underway in a number of projects to map agroforestry areas in Europe using CORINE, COPERNICUS, LUCAS, LPIS/GSAA, orthophotos and other information sources. This session will present these advances and link to efforts in the DigitAF and Reforest Projects to extend the EURAF Agroforestry Map of Europe to hold geospatial information on agroforestry farms and experiments in a standardised way, with responsibility for maintenance ultimately lying with the national agroforestry organisations. Agroforestry mapping efforts outside Europe will also be included.

   

  S1.3 – Agroforestry in conflict

  Anders Lindén – Agroforestry Sweden CSO – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Marine Elbakidze – Ivan Franko National University of Lviv – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Vasyl Yukhnovskyi – National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Oleksandr Sovakov – National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Undecided. However, "Project FarmForce" have atleast 3 academic speakers on topics of agroforestry in Ukraine. Some discussing direct impact on agroforesty from conflict, others with more indirect market and value chain consequences. Anders Lindén can speak briefly on agroforestry in Ukraine from the perspective of EU-members Ukarine support funding and foreign aid bAgroforestry in Conflict probes the values of agroforestry during times of crisis and recovery. The session examines how diverse forms of agroforestry maintain food system robustness and resilience under conditions of war and environmental stress, pathways for crisis and conflict preparedness, as well as post-war recovery.
  The session core explores three dimensions of Ukrainian agroforestry;
  First, small-scale agroforestry farms have demonstrated remarkable adaptability since the full-scale invasion. Through short, trust-based supply chains and diversified production, these farms sustained communities when industrial systems collapsed. Survey and case study evidence show their potential to anchor fair, nutritious, and locally controlled food networks.
  Second, shelter-belts and protective forest strips in intensive agriculture, now face severe degradation from both environmental pressures and war-related damage. Restoration requires innovative solutions, ranging from drone-assisted damage mapping and soil remediation to the use of adaptive native species and sustainable financing mechanisms.
  Third, urban agroforestry emerges as an important bridge between food production, green infrastructure, and social resilience. Integrating urban community gardens, supports food security, and community recovery.
  We welcome colleagues from any academic field or geographical context to suggest contributions to the session within the domain of agroforestry in conflictut if there is room; voices of Ukranian actors will be given priority.

   

  S1.4 – Agroforestry for climate adaptation

  Jo Smith – MVARC – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Jonathan Eden – Coventry University – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  As Europe’s climates shift - with increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, and more frequent extreme events - agroforestry is gaining recognition as a key component of resilient land-use strategies. Yet, its adaptive capacity under future climate conditions requires further scientific exploration. This session invites researchers to present studies that enhance understanding of how agroforestry systems contribute to climate adaptation across Europe’s diverse agroecological zones.
  We encourage contributions addressing the biophysical, ecological, and socio-economic dimensions of agroforestry under changing climates. Topics of interest include:
  Evidence of agroforestry’s effects on soil, water, animal and human welfare, carbon, biodiversity and socio-economics under climate stress.
  Modelling and scenario-based analyses of agroforestry systems in projected future climates.
  Practical experience of agroforestry system designs and management that increase adaptive capacity.
  Integration of agroforestry into broader climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
  The session aims to support interdisciplinary dialogue linking agroecology, climate science, and land-use policy, contributing to a shared understanding of how agroforestry can strengthen Europe’s adaptation to future climate realities.

   

  S1.5 – Technology for agroforestry

  Philipp Weckenbrock – Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Paul Hofmann – ELLIS Institute & Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems,
  Tuebingen, Germany – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  This session explores a broad spectrum of technologies - including mechanical, digital, and social - that can enhance the installation and management of agroforestry systems.
  
  We invite contributions on innovations ranging from robotics to collective management activities, from long-term real-world case studies to emerging technologies still in the development phase, and from success stories to lessons learned from failures.
  
  The session is designed for agroforestry planners, practitioners, and anyone interested in tools that improve, facilitate, and scale practical agroforestry work.

• Theme 2: Agroforestry for farmers and people

  S2.1 – Farmer friendly agroforestry policies

  Sonja Kay – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Jérémie Forney – University of Neuchâtel – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  While modern agroforestry systems are often heralded by researchers and policy makers as a means to address the environmental and productivity challenges of European agriculture, the uptake by farmers remains limited. This session will explore the reasons for the limited uptake by farmers and possible ways to improve it by adapting policy, education, training and administration. It aims at approaching the gap between theoretical/scientific knowledge, policy/political-economic conditions and the reality of farmers' livelihoods. It will create a space for dialogue and critical discussion between political interest groups, scientists and farmers in order to overcome both administrative/political obstacles and social barriers.

   

  S2.2 – Agroforestry for carbon farming in Europe: What is needed to make it a game-changer?

  Alberto Mantino – University of Pisa (IT) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Dr. Rico Hübner – German Agroforestry Association (DeFAF) (DE) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Gerry Lawson – EURAF (FR/BE) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Anke Hahn – German Agroforestry Association (DeFAF) (DE) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Beatrice Croce – ELO (BE) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Agroforestry has great and still unused potential as an additional carbon sink. The background of the political framework for carbon farming in Europe and on national levels comprises the proposed methodologies on Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV)  in the context of the EU Carbon Removals Certification Framework (CRCF), the proposed Delegated Act for Carbon Farming and various national climate protection targets. The session will focus on solutions on how to design and fulfil their implementation. Contributions are sought on solutions and examples, including:
  • Sequestration potentials of agroforestry in the biomass, the soil and the up-and downstream sector and in the managment, e.g.  GHG emissions forgone;
  • Robust methodologies in estimating/modelling, planning and MRV for the practical implementation;
  • Value chains and business models for farmers to generate income and companies, using wood as long-term carbon sinks;
  • Upscaling of the voluntary carbon market  - what is working and what is needed to unlock its potential?
  • Integration of agroforestry into existing certification schemes;
  • Consideration and integration of co-benefits into carbon farming acounting;
  • Challenges and hurdles that need to be addressed by policy and science.

   

  S2.3 – Experiences and lessons from agroforestry living labs across Europe

  Martin Lukac – Czech University of Life Sciences – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Sonja Kay – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Prof. Dr. Natalie Laibach – Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Agroforestry Living Labs are emerging as key arenas for co-creation, where scientists, farmers, advisors, and policymakers collaborate to design, test, and scale innovations that promote sustainable land use and climate-resilient farming. This session brings together insights and results from multiple Living Labs across Europe, featuring short 7 mins impulse talks from a range of Living Labs, highlighting practical experiences in participatory design, stakeholder engagement, and monitoring of agroforestry systems from different regions. The impulse talks will be followed by an interactive panel discussion to explore shared challenges, success factors, and opportunities for regional development and knowledge exchange.  By comparing diverse approaches and outcomes, participants will discuss how co-creation processes can overcome barriers to adoption, enhance data and result sharing, and strengthen collaborative learning to accelerate the transition towards regional development with regenerative and climate-positive agroforestry.

   

  S2.4 – Generational renewal and green jobs in the field of agroecology

  Camille Rubeaud – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Eva-Maria Minarsch – Justus-Liebig-University Giessen – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  How can the next generation of farmers drive the agroecological transition? This session invites contributions that explore practical and inspiring pathways for making agroecology a viable and attractive livelihood for young people. We welcome presentations that highlight innovative education models, community initiatives, research projects, or policy approaches that support green jobs and generational renewal. By bringing together practitioners, researchers, and policy makers, we aim to exchange experiences and co-create strategies that connect knowledge, practice, and the future of agroecology. The session format will be interactive and we explicitely welcome inputs and experience from practitioners.

   

  S2.5 – Social perspectives in agroforestry

  Anastasia Pantera – Agricultural University of Athens – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Sonja Kay – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Maria Rosa Mosquero Losada – Universidade de Santiago de Compostela – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Rüta.Zulpaité – EURAF – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Agroforestry systems are often considered from the perspective of agricultural practice and their environmental and economic effects. However, society-specific differences in access to land, labour, knowledge and resources are not given sufficient consideration, despite these differences having a significant impact on implementation and management. This session will focus on the challenges and innovations of society-responsive agroforestry, as well as the role of factors such as age, origin, gender, education, social class. Topics to be examined include land and tree rights, gender-specific roles, access to investment aid, barriers to funding applications, established versus new value chains, and intersectional approaches. We welcome contributions that address the important links between social equality and agroforestry

   

  S2.6 – Agroforestry branding and certification

  Paul Burgess – Cranfield University – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Sonja Kay – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Agroforestry faces price competition from non-agroforestry goods, certifications and brands, such as those signifying high-quality food, organic production, carbon-neutrality, and enhanced biodiversity and/or animal welfare. This session will explore how branding and certification can increase the value and marketability of agroforestry products. Our aim is to present both certification and branding systems that agroforestry can use, and those that are specific for agroforestry products. We will demonstrate how these systems can improve access to markets, strengthen client relationships and support better pricing, while also considering the associated costs. We welcome contributions from a range of sectors, including food, timber, the environment and animal welfare, as well as from all value chain members (farmers, processors, retailers, consumers). Join us to discuss how certification and branding could benefit agroforestry.

• Theme 3: Reconciling agriculture and nature

  S3.1 – Agroforestry as a driver of agroecology

  Dominique Barjolle – University of Lausanne – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Nica Claudia Caló – Martin-Luther University – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Jonas Hirdes – Martin-Luther University – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Jawad Reddani – ETHZ – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  In agroecology, responses to environmental challenges must be adapted to their context: each food system and each region has specific crops, land-use practices, and socio-economic conditions. Understanding these particularities not only makes it possible to propose targeted solutions but also to assess their potential for wider adoption in other types of crops or farming systems.In this perspective, agroforestry is a key lever. By combining trees with crops or livestock, this approach can simultaneously address ecological challenges (biodiversity, soil quality, climate regulation) and socio-economic ones (income diversification, resilience to crises).The topics addressed include:-Scaling up agroforestry at the landscape or territorial level to tackle major environmental and social challenges.-Assessing its socio-economic impacts, including the ecosystem services and resilience it provides.-Integrating agroforestry into agricultural policies (subsidies, certification, regulation)

   

  S3.2 – Biodiversity in agroforestry

  Clara Zemp – Université de Neuchâtel – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Giotto Roberti – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Noëlle Klein – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Agroforestry is a practice which is often associated with promotion of biodiversity at field and at landscape scale. This session aims to adress this topic and present the newest scientific results as well as concrete examples from the practice. Case studies from temperate to tropical regions are welcome, using diverse methods including field monitoring, novel technologies, biodiversity modeling, and participatory approaches with farmers and stakeholders. The session is open for contributions on concrete measures for promoting biodiversity at the field scale, on the role of agroforestry in connecting habitats in the landscape, but also on potential trade offs between production and biodiversity promotion.

   

  S3.3 – Agroforestry in mountainous and cold climates

  Michael den Herder – European Forest Institute – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Anastasia Pantera – Agricultural University of Athens – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Massimiliano Probo – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Pierre Mariotte – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Farming in mountainous and cold climates presents unique challenges due to harsh conditions like low temperatures, short growing seasons, and complex topography. Despite these extremes, agroforestry has a long tradition, including practices such as forest grazing, reindeer husbandry, non-wood forest product collection (e.g., berries), and protective windbreaks.
  Agroforestry offers a vital opportunity to enhance climate-resilience, generate diversified income, and improve the delivery of ecosystem services in these regions, which will be strongly affected by climate change and face issues like rural abandonment. It provides a sensible and adaptive land-use strategy for achieving sustainability and stability.
  We seek contributions from science and practice focussing on, but not limited to the following themes:
  Ecological function and adaptation: Studies on soil health, erosion control, water management, and specific tree-crop/livestock interactions that buffer against temperature extremes and promote biodiversity and landscape values.
  Traditional practices and socio-cultural dimensions: Research exploring the strong cultural dimensions and continued relevance of traditional agroforestry practices and local knowledge systems in mountainous and cold climate regions.
  Economic viability: Analysis of the economic performance of these systems, including the potential for diversified farm income, local specialty products, agri-tourism and educational activities.
  Policy and future resilience: Assessments of policy frameworks and agroforestry’s role as a key climate change adaptation and mitigation tool in high-latitude and high-altitude areas.

   

  S3.4 – Potential of agroforestry systems to deliver ecosystem services. Evidence and case studies

  Andrea Schievano – HanaMi, school of agroecology – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Marta Perez-Soba – WUR, the Netherlands – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Ioanna Mouratiadou – ISARA, France – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Damien Beillouin – CIRAD, France – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Alice dal Borgo – University Milan – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Agroforestry is increasingly recognised as a multifunctional land‑use strategy with the capacity to deliver diverse ecosystem services. Yet, synthesised evidence — particularly in temperate regions — remains scattered and incomplete. This session seeks to bring together fresh insights, robust analyses, and practical case studies to advance our collective understanding. By gathering diverse perspectives, this session aims to highlight both the proven benefits of agroforestry and the critical areas where further research is needed.
  
  We invite abstracts that explore:
  1. Quantifying impacts of agroforestry systems (e.g., silvoarable, silvopastoral, landscape woody features) on provisioning, regulating, and cultural ecosystem services.
  2. Filling knowledge gaps highlighted in meta‑analytical reviews, especially in areas such as water regulation, biodiversity beyond soil, whole‑system productivity, and socio‑cultural benefits.
  3. Methodological innovations for long‑term, comprehensive assessment of ecosystem service provision in complex agroforestry systems.
  4. Interplay of services — examining trade‑offs and synergies across different ecosystem services.
  5. Policy pathways to leverage agroforestry’s ecosystem services underpinning climate resilience and biodiversity goals, with a particular focus on temperate zones.

   

  S3.5 – Soil processes and carbon dynamics in agroforestry systems

  Klaus A. Jarosch – Agroscope, Switzerland – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Jan Siemens – University of Giessen, Germany – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Andreas Gattinger – University of Giessen, Germany – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Eva-Maria Minarsch – University of Giessen, Germany – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Sven Marhan – University of Hohenheim – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Agroforestry systems play a crucial role in sustaining soil health, enhancing carbon sequestration, and improving nutrient cycling while contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation. This session invites contributions that explore the complex interactions between soil processes, soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics, nutrient turnover, and microbial functioning in agroforestry landscapes across climatic regions and management intensities. We particularly welcome studies that link field measurements, experimental manipulations, and modelling approaches to better understand belowground processes and their responses to changing environmental conditions.

• Theme 4: Agroforestry systems design

  Theme 4: Agroforestry systems design

  Dind Alice – FiBL – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Araldi Flore – FiBL – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  This session will explore the integration of vegetable crops within temperate agroforestry systems. It will highlight recent research projects and practical experiences from European contexts, addressing key topics such as tree–crop interactions, microclimate regulation, pest management, and economic performance. Contributions will encompass system design and management strategies as well as case studies from Switzerland and other European regions that illustrate the diversity of silvohorticultural systems and their context-specific adaptations. By synthesizing emerging evidence across temperate contexts, the session aims to identify research priorities and pathways for integrating agroforestry principles into vegetable production system in temperate regions.

   

  S4.2 – More than simple: Increasing tree and shrub complexity in agroforestry

  Johanna Rüegg – Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL Switzerland – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Philipp Weckenbrock – Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen Germany – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Wiebke Niether – Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen Germany – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Laura Armengot Martinez – Universitat de Barcelona – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Martin Trouillard – FiBL France – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  In this session we want to explore the current state of complex agroforestry, with a focus on European contexts. Your research or practical experience includes one or more of the following criteria:

  • multistorey, multispecies, tree/shrub strips- multipurpose tree/shrub (production/economic use)
  • intense tree management, mulching, nutrient cycling- syntropic, dynamic and successional agroforestry or using elements of it
  • research on tree species interactions- comparisons with simple tree lines/orchards/tree plantations
  • methods of how to deal with complexity in research
  • reflections on social, political dimensions of complex systems.

   

  S4.3 – Vitiforestry in Europe

  Linnéa Hauenstein – Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL) Schweiz – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Markus Rienth – École d’ingénieurs de Changins – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Natacha Bodenhausen – Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL) Schweiz – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Climate change is increasing the frequency of droughts and heat waves, which pose a threat to both yield and quality, jeopardizing the sustainability of vine cultivation. Traditional mitigation strategies like cultivar shifts or irrigation pose challenges, highlighting agroforestry as a promising alternative. Integrating trees into vineyards (vitiforestry) can regulate microclimate, improve water and nutrient availability, enhance soil health, and boost biodiversity, potentially mitigating climate change impacts.Although there is extensive scientific research on various agroforestry systems, there is a lack of information and studies specifically focused on agroforestry in viticulture. Despite this gap, winegrowers are increasingly interested in these alternative systems and are seeking more information. Consequently, studies across different parts of Europe have begun to investigate the potential of viticultural agroforestry systems as promising solutions to address climate change.

   

  S4.4 – Fodder trees: Silvopastoralism and agroforestry for forage production

  Massimiliano Probo – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Climate change is leading to a rethink of fodder production worldwide. The use of fodder trees could be one of the keys to adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change, thanks to their high resistance to drought, high and persistent nutritional quality of their leaves, reduction of the impacts of heat stress on livestock, ability to store carbon in the soil, conservation of biodiversity and provision of other important ecosystem services. Adapting ancient forms of tree fodder use (e.g., silvopastoral systems) and/or integrating fodder trees into permanent pastures (e.g., by creating fodder tree hedgerows) could be a promising solution for ensuring the future sustainability of livestock production systems.In this session, we welcome contributions addressing the above-mentioned related topics from an ecological, agronomic and policy perspective on how trees could provide sustainable fodder resources and other ecosystem services in the context of climate change.

   

  S4.5 – Agroforestry Virtual Space: Where stakeholders and code developers meet to use and improve digital tools for agroforestry

  Marie Gosme – INRAE – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Gerry Lawson – EURAF – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Bert Reubens – ILVO – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Paul Burgess – Cranfield University – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Sonja Kay – Agroscope – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Agroforestry offers a strong case study for exploring how open data supports sustainable land management. The diversity, complexity, and long-term nature of agroforestry systems—and their interdisciplinary, interinstitutional study—pose unique challenges for data availability, reliability, and management. Openly shared data, code, and co-developed tools support the development of robust tools and models, and help farmers and stakeholders track progress and engage with digital tools. They also enable multiple applications from a single investment in data infrastructure. This session will (i) showcase digital tools for agroforestry that rely on open data, (ii) share feedback from Living Lab testing, (iii) identify areas where more openness could unlock potential, and (iv) promote contributions toward FAIR principles. While focused on the HE projects DigitAF and REFOREST, the session welcomes all stakeholders and developers interested in enhancing the (re)usability of agroforestry tools.