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Episode 4: Boosting climate resilience with agroforestry

Julius Nennewitz isn’t a traditional farmer. After taking over his mother’s land, he decided he wanted to try something different: agroforestry. Instead of monoculture fields, his farm in central Germany has dozens of fruit and nut trees growing amongst crops.
Only a fraction of farms in Europe are managed this way. But Julius is convinced an agroforestry system is the way to go. He believes it can shrink the sizeable carbon footprint of the agriculture sector while at the same time making farms more resilient in the face of climate change.

Interviewees featured in this episode:

Sonja Kay, agroforestry researcher at Agroscope, Switzerland
Julius Nennewitz, organic farmer, Werragut, Eschwege

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:02 What is agroforestry?
02:08 Sonja Kay outlines the benefits of agroforestry
03:18 How much CO2 can be saved?
04:39 How efficient is agroforestry?
06:36 Meeting Julius Nennewitz on his farm
07:37 Fruit and nut trees alongside crops
12:03 Why Julius started agroforestry
15:00 Do the crops and trees get enough water?
16:03 The state of soil
18:36 How did Julius finance the project?
20:44 Are organic products from his farm more expensive?
23:41 Visiting the chickens
25:33 Julius also plays in a rock band
27:50 What kinds of machines does the farm need?
30:41 Are agroforestry systems spreading?
32:58 Can we feed the world with agroforestry systems?
35:05 Neil’s takeaways

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