After the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010, the year 2011 as part of the International Year of the forest. This is our opportunity to question the place of the tree in rural areas and the place left trees in agriculture. Recent developments in agricultural landscapes saw the grove regress.
Now the question arises as to reintroduce the tree, in agricultural areas and not only in farming areas. Interesting experiments are performed on the theme of agroforestry. They aim to assess the possibility of cultivating plots involving culture and planting trees.
a class of terminally STAV, we were able, through a farm visit, meet a farmer who planted on 7 ha plot in culture, 320 trees, Cormier, walnut, ash, maple, black locust. The shafts are oriented north-south and spaced 26 meters to allow passage of a sprayer.
After this practical approach, students in this class, as part of a multidisciplinary activity: Philosophy - Agricultural Science and Technology have completed a working group on the theme of agroforestry, prepared presentations their theme
- Birth of agriculture. Instead of the tree in agricultural landscapes
- Agroforestry and producing with the trees. Trees and biodiversity
- trees, soil and water. Trees, Climate and microclimate
- Reinventing Agriculture
- Elsewhere agroforestry
In philosophical terms, instead of the tree symbolizes Does it not this relationship between nature and culture? Is not a new way of conceiving the relationship between theory and experiment? Between mind and matter?
The presentation of various themes will end with a debate.
This work has also found its continuation with the film "The time for Thanksgiving" by Dominique Marchais.
At the time arise more acutely the problem of renewable energy, soil conservation and water quality, tree Did not his role to play in agricultural areas?
J. Gouysse and D. Dieng
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