Agrosilvopastoral Futures: Bridging Tradition with Innovation in Mediterranean and Mountain Pastures
Kuşadası, Türkiye, 9-11 April 2025
Our theme revolves around the urgent need to address climate change, enhance sustainability, and improve the resilience and profitability of pastoral systems. Through discussions on regenerative grazing, adoption of silvopastoral practices, integration of legumes, drought-resistant species, and cover crops in forage farming, and IoT technologies, we aim to have a better understanding of how agro-ecological practices might transform livestock productivity in these pastoral landscapes. Please go to the Programme to find out more.
Keywords: agrosilvopastoral systems, agro-ecological transition, biodiversity management and conservation, climate change, cover crops, grassland monitoring pastoral farm innovation, regenerative grazing, sustainability
Host Institution: Adnan Menderes University, Zafer, 09010 Efeler Aydın, Türkiye
Conference Chair: Prof. Mustafa Surmen
Organisation:
The Seminar is organised by the Adnan Menderes University, by the FAO-CIHEAM Network on Pastures and Fodder Crops (subnetworks on “Mediterranean Pastures and Forage Crops” and on “Mountain Pastures”), by the CIHEAM Zaragoza (Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza/International Centre of Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), and by the Turkish Society for Rangeland and Forage Science, with the collaboration of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the PRIMA Project Pastinnova (Innovative models for a sustainable future of Mediterranean pastoral systems, funded by PRIMA).
