Report from 14 multi-stakeholder policy workshops for the co-design of mixed farming and agroforestry policies

This report aims to provide an overview and summary of results of the multi-stakeholder policy workshops. Building on previous project deliverables of the policy co-development work package – D6.1: global inventory report of current policy instruments; and D6.2: policy scenarios in the EU, Eastern EU member states and four national states, two series of workshops were organised by seven partner organisations involved in the policy co-development work package (WP6). The workshops were organised with the involvement of farmers, decision-makers, consultants and researchers. The aim was to identify barriers to uptake and incentives that would support the transition towards more sustainable farming practices and allow the widespread adoption of agroforestry and mixed farming systems. An attempt was made to start the process of co-designing policies with stakeholders. The policy workshops aimed to provide an overview and disseminate results and knowledge generated in previous deliverables of the work package, to understand approaches and perceptions of stakeholders regarding mixed farming and agroforestry practices, also to collect feedback from participants and to provide inputs for EU-level policy development and an AGROMIX policy white paper. This report introduces the main outcomes of the 14 multi-stakeholder policy workshops and provides a synthesis of its results as the ‘Synthesised Policy Recommendations’ to give an overview of identified challenges, barriers, and needs that need to be addressed to make AF more widely appliable.

Charlotte Maddinson, Ádám Varga, Linda Magyar, Alma Thiesmeier, Christina den Hond-Vaccaro, Jessica Donham, Jörg Böhmer, Mareike Jäger, Rosemary Venn, Ulrich Schmutz Sonia Ramonteu , Sonja Kay

Policy Cycle Stage: Policy design