Winter oilseed rape being harvested alongside rows of five-year-old poplar trees at the alley-cropping agroforestry site (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Winter oilseed rape being harvested alongside rows of five-year-old poplar trees at the alley-cropping agroforestry site

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Winter oilseed rape being harvested alongside rows of five-year-old poplar trees at the alley-cropping agroforestry site in Vechta, Germany, in August 2023. The study found that winter crop yields in alley-cropping agroforestry systems with trees aged one to nine years were comparable to those in open cropland without trees.

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