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- Effectiveness of Coach Marks or Instructional Overlay in Smartphone Apps InterfacesPublication . Noriega, P.; Carvalho, D.; Correia, I.; Alves, J.L.; Oliveira, T.; Rebelo, F.
- Forage-SAFE: a tool to assess the management and economics of wood pasture systemsPublication . García de Jalón, S.P.J.; Graves, A.; Moreno, G.; Palma, J.H.N.; Crous-Duran, J.; Oliveira, T.; Burgess, P.J.The Forage-SAFE model has been developed to better understand the impact of trees on the profitability of wood pastures. It assesses the daily balance between the demand for and production of forage to estimate an annual farm net margin. The model allows the modification of selected biophysical and financial parameters related to the tree, pasture and livestock components (such as tree cover density, carrying capacity and livestock species) which can be optimised to maximise net farm income. A case study in a dehesa wood pasture in South-western Spain was used to show the applicability of the model. The case study results showed that net margin was maximised at around 27% tree cover for a carrying capacity of 0.4 livestock unit per hectare from which 61% were ruminants and 39% Iberian pigs. The analysis also showed that high carrying capacities were positively correlated with tree cover profitability. This was accentuated as the proportion of Iberian pigs increased
- Initial modelled outputs at field scalePublication . Gosme, M.; Blitz-Frayret, C.; Burgess, P.J.; Crous-Duran, J.; Dupraz, C.; Dux, D.; Garcia de Jalon, S.; Graves, A.R.; Herzog, F.; Lecomte, I.; Moreno, G.; Oliveira, T.; Palma, J.H.N.; Paulo, Joana Amaral; Sereke, F.; Tomé, MargaridaThis report comprises Deliverable 6.16 in the project, which contributes to the third objective as it presents field-scale evaluation of innovations, in order to adapt and evaluate agroforestry designs and practices for locations where agroforestry is currently not-widely practised or declining. The modelling of outputs at field scale to support best agroforestry practices is an ongoing activity during the AGFORWARD project. This report highlights some of the outputs which has been produced in the form of three papers (either submitted or about to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal) or in four presentations at the Third European Agroforestry Conference in May 2016
- Modelled agroforestry outputs at field and farm scale to support biophysical and environmental assessmentsPublication . Palma, J.H.N.; Oliveira, T.; Crous-Duran, J.; Graves, A.R.; Garcia de Jalon, S.; Upson, M.; Giannitsopoulos, M.; Burgess, P.J.; Tomé, Margarida; Ferreiro-Dominguez, N.; Mosquera-Losada, M.R.; Gonzalez-Hernandez, P.; Kay, S.; Mirk, J.; Smith, J.; Moreno, G.; Pantera, A.; Mantovani, D.; Rosati, A.; Luske, B.; Hermansen, J.This report, comprising Deliverable 6.17, in the AGFORWARD project brings together examples of modelled outputs at field and farm scale to support the biophysical, social, and environmental assessment of the innovations selected from work-packages 2 to 5.