The demand for support in the creation of “market garden orchards (agroforestry associating fruit trees and vegetables). This is the result of a combination of factors: agricultural relocation, explosion of short circuits, production using organic methods or without phytosanitary inputs, limited land available… This kind of support requires sufficient technical data from the field, but it is very difficult to propose standard references for all market orchards. for all market garden orchards, given the great diversity of these diversity of these innovative systems.
Principles, technical elements and critical points for designing and managing your plot. The elements developed in this guide are based on the experience of professionals committed to these innovative systems.
The guide is intended for all market gardeners or project leaders wishing to develop a vegetable production system on their farm associated with a complementary fruit production, secondary but without creating a new specialized workshop. The 40-page handbook intends to point out the main decisive aspects to have in mind when creating and designing a diversified agroforestry system: which marketing channels, which competencies, which working capacity and organization. Farmers experiences and feedbacks provide an additional value to this practical guide.