UNHIDE Agroforestry booklet 2025.09.22 - Flipbook - Page 51
Dr. Dagnija Lazdina has been involved from the
establishment until now. In connection with the
project, she is the main author of a report, to be
used as a stepping-stone to introducing agroforestry in Latvia.
Our wish is that Silava will advocate agroforestry
systems characterized by a diversity in age, species-composition and structure of trees and shrubs,
with native trees functioning as nurse trees. In such
systems, fertilizers are not needed and would damage the trees’ own ability to absorb nutrients naturally. We also urge them to advocate for systems
that can be operated independently of industrial
inputs, to ensure resilience against economic and
political challenges.
“Interesting take on Agroforestry
from the academic perspective of
the forestry sector. Very large-scale
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A possibility, instead of making bioenergy or pulp
of small-diameter low value trees from thinning, is
log cultivation of shiitake, chaga, reishi and oyster
mushrooms, which have a decades-long source of
knowledge in Latvia.
Inese Upe & Anna Bole-Williamsson.
industrial perspective on both cultivation principles and products”
- Anders Lindén
Side income possibilities for forest owners suggested in
the demonstration plot are honey production, coppice for
basket weaving and sap.
