Agroforstsystem Stolzenhagen, Modellprojekt der Nationalparkstiftung Unteres Odertal

In the fall of 2020, the National Park Foundation established an agroforestry plantation of high-value timber trees on 6 hectares of farmland directly adjacent to the Lower Oder Valley National Park as a demonstration project. The land is managed by a conventional local farm. Once the trees have become established, normal farming operations will resume on the land; the spacing between the rows of trees has been adapted to the working widths of the agricultural equipment.

Implementation: 4 rows of trees with a total length of 900 m and 62 trees

Tree species: climate-resilient valuable timber trees (chestnut 44, hazel 7, wild service tree 11)

Row spacing: approx. 30 m (max. working width for agricultural equipment)

Planting distance between trees: approx. 15 m

Land area required by tree rows at 2 m width: approx. 1,800 m²

Crop type grown on arable land for 5 years: alfalfa; after 5 years, normal cultivation of the field with field crops