The "Sasse Rami "agroforestry farm of Veneto Agricoltura - Italy

The “Sasse Rami” farm located in Ceregnano (RO) is the largest pilot and demonstrative farm for agroforestry farming in the North-East of Italy, own by Veneto Agricoltura Agency. In February 2018 Veneto Agricultura started implementing alley-cropping systems with poplars (Populus x canadensis) in the "Sasse Rami" pilot farm. 17 different poplar clones have been planted (i) in a specialized poplar grove with a 6 × 6 m block plantation (⁓290 trees ha-1) and (ii) in an alley-cropping system with NS oriented 38 m apart tree rows placed along drainage ditches (40 trees ha-1). In the alley-cropping system, each tree row hosts the same poplar clones planted in the specialized grove, and the inter-row is cultivated with arable annual crops (common wheat, soybean and sugar beet depending on the year).