Agroforestry systems with fast-growing tree species coexist with natural woodland and are an enrichment for small watercourses in agricultural areas. Through their shading and cooling effects, they make an important contribution to stabilizing water ecology, especially on hot summer days and during hot spells. In the OLGA project, studies were carried out on two water-accompanying agroforestry systems in the Dresden region to investigate their contribution to climate mitigation on agricultural land. The results of the analyses are presented in this article.

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What role can agroforestry play in the future for the regional and decentralized supply of renewable resources? What possibilities are there for further processing and utilization? Where are there already players in Brandenburg and Saxony who are involved in the value chain? To discuss answers to these and other questions, a group of people interested in agroforestry from agriculture, industry, administration, associations and science met on 6th of December 2023 at the Domin farm in Peichkwitz near Senftenberg.

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Ever heard of INAS? The abbreviation stands for Interdisciplinary Network Agroforestry Saxony, whose constitutional meeting took place on 16.08.2023 in Nossen at the Competence Center for Organic Farming of the Free State of Saxony. The future role of the working group is to provide information, networking and advice to interested farms and communities that are thinking about and can imagine establishing and managing an agroforestry system. We are pleased to be part of the network with OLGA.

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Last week we developed visions for a regional legume value chain in Dresden and Saxony in 2045 together with people who are committed to a sustainable and regional agriculture and food economy. In terms of content, we moved between existing social, technical, economic, environmental and political problems in designing the value chain, and concerns, hopes and wishes of the actors, as well as their relationships and dependencies on each other.

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Sometimes people with the same ideas meet in the right place at the right time. About six months have passed since Veronica, expert for pulses in the OLGA team, met Ali Habiballah at a OLGA practical workshop on processing pulses for out-of-home catering.

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There are now almost 500 solidarity farms (Solawi) in Germany and no two are the same, as these initiatives, which are dedicated to the communal cultivation of agricultural produce, bear the individual signature of their members. We have been very lucky to actively shape the development of the Solawi Lebenswurzel just outside Dresden, which currently has 95 members. 

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On a rainy November afternoon, we set off for Gostwitz, a small village near Riesa. Over the past two years, a small paradise of diversity has been created on two hectares in the middle of the large arable fields of the Lommatzscher Pflege: the community-supported agriculture Baum.Frucht.Gemüse.

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"Making agriculture fit for the future" was the motto of this year's Agroforestry Forum for the German-speaking region. The event took place on 27 and 28 September 2023 in beautiful Freiburg with almost 300 participants which is an increase compared to the previous biennial forums. This is an indication that interest in agroforestry continues to grow.

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16.01.2024, Berlin  Agrarkongress 2024: Natürlicher Klimaschutz und Klimaanpassung in Partnerschaft mit der Landwirtschaft

17.01.2024, Berlin  1. Bundesweiter Hecken-Tag: Aushecken! Mehr Gehölze für die Landwirtschaft

17.-20.01.2024, Berlin  16th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA)

19.-28.01.2024, Berlin  Internationale Grüne Woche

24.-25.01.2024, Berlin  17. Zukunftsforum: Land.schöpft.Wert - starke ländliche Regionen (if you want to meet us LIVE you should come on 25.01. and see expert forum D24 Stadt-Land-Plus - value creation and sustainability through the circular economy)

29.01.2024, Leipzig  Leipziger Landwirtschaftsdialog - "Von uns aus hier. Regionale Wertschöpfung stärken"

14.-16.02.2024, Kreßberg  Vernetzungstagung zur regenerativen Landwirtschaft 

February 2024  Planned call of the EU AGROECOLOGY Partnership titled " Fostering agroecology at farm and landscape levels"

01.-03.03.2024, online  Food Forest Congress 2024: Online congress for food forests, agroforestry systems and permaculture

27.- 31.05.2024, Brno/CZ  7th European Agroforestry Conference (Abstract Submission until 15. Januar 2024)

Funding  BMBF/WIR! - DMPL-Bündnis ruft vorerst unbefristet zur Einreichung von Projektideen für die Landwirtschaft von Morgen auf

Funding  BLE - Förderung von F+E-Vorhaben sowie von Maßnahmen zum Technologie- und Wissenstransfer für eine nachhaltige Erzeugung, Verarbeitung und Vermarktung von landwirtschaftlichen Produkten

Funding  Robert-Bosch-Stiftung - Zukunft aufgetischt! Ernährung gemeinsam gestalten

Funding  BMBF/FONA - Sozial-ökologische Nachwuchsgruppen für nachhaltige und resiliente Stadt-Umland-Regionen

Publication  Wagener F, Böhmer J, Schierz S, Heck P, Stowasser A, Stratmann L, Dachsel K, Weigelt U, Pöge T, Laqua B, Schlattmann C (2023) Leitfaden Agrarholzanbau - Mehrnutzungskonzepte für eine gelingende Kulturlandschaftsentwicklung. Veröffentlichung im Rahmen des Projekt WERTvoll.

Publication  EU DG Research & Innovation - FOOD 2030 Reseach & Innovation - Pathways for action 2.0 

This newsletter is published by the City of Dresden as the responsible partner for public relations in the OLGA project, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the Stadt-Land-Plus programme.

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Editor: Anke Hahn | Contact
With contributions by Thomas Schindhelm, Veronica Schmidt-Cotta and Manuel Wewer

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