Andrea VityiUniversity of Sopron
Andrea Vityi
PhD
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Introduction
Andrea Vityi currently works at the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Techniques, University of Sopron and at the Cooperational research Centre Nonprofit Ltd, University of Sopron. Andrea does research in Agroforestry and Environmental Engineering. Their current project is 'AFINET', and several national projects focusing on agroforestry and production and utilisation of biomass. She also participates in the work of the European Agroforestry Federation as member of board and coordinates the Hungarian Agroforestry Civil Association.
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September 2002 - present
Publications
Publications (22)
Hemida M, Mulyana B, Vityi A. 2022. Determinant of farmers' participation and biodiversity status in the program of agroforestry rehabilitation in Sudan. Biodiversitas 23: 5638-5645. The agroforestry Rehabilitation Program (ARP) was launched in Nabag Reserve Forest (NRF), Sudan, to rehabilitate the forest cover and improve livelihoods for communiti...
Numerous studies have emphasised the
ecological importance of linear and insular uncropped
habitats, including forest shelterbelts, patches, and
grassy margins. Usually, their biodiversity-enhancing
efects are mentioned, mainly based on research in
bird and above-ground arthropod communities, while
the diversity of herbaceous vegetation and soil me...
Climate change presents growing environmental, economic, and social problems for the industrializing and developing world. Applying new technologies and transitioning to a cleaner, more flexible economy are essential to solving these problems. These solutions focus on climate change mitigation and work toward a complete transformation in line with...
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Establishing shelterbelts for field protection is one of the rediscovered agroforestry practices in Europe and Hungary. Several studies have focused on the effects of these plantations on agricultural production. Prior scholarship reveals that shelterbelts enhance the diversity of bird and insect communities but generally fail to consider herbaceou...
Planting shelterbelts on agricultural fields has long traditions in Hungary. The biodiversityenhancing effect of this type of agroforestry is intensively researched, but most of the results concentrate on tree species diversity and specific animal communities such as insects and birds. The characteristics of herbaceous vegetation and soil mesofauna...
The use of shelterbelts as windbreaks to protect and increase field productivity has a long history in Hungary. Nevertheless, when shelterbelts began to wane, many environmental problems such as soil drying, deflation, and erosion began to occur, which in turn led to economic difficulties. Earlier field experience supported by new results indicates...
The aim of the present research is to investigate the effect of a young alley cropping system (planted for experimental purposes) on the soil microclimate, compared with a control site. The trial system, involving the agroforestry plantation and a control site, has been implemented in 2013 in an intensive monoculture agricultural environment. Measu...
A special form of alley cropping system is the intercropping of forest, which is traditional and still used nowadays worldwide in afforestation. In Hungary this practice is used mostly on the non-protected areas of the Great Hungarian Plain. The aim of this study was to examine the extent to which intercropping modifies the development of seedlings...
A faanyag iránti növekvő igény kielégítése miatt egyre nagyobb nyomás nehezedik az erdőgazdálkodásra. A fásított területekről származó dendromassza kihozatal mennyiségi és minőségi paramétereinek javításában az agroerdészeti gyakorlatok alkalmazásának is jelentős szerepe lehet a jövőben. Az erdei köztes termesztés hagyományos gyakorlat a Kárpát med...
Agroforestry (AF) systems where trees are managed together with crops and/or animal production systems in agricultural settings seem to give promising results in making agriculture more productive and resilient, in particular towards climate change. Thanks to the economic and environmental benefits explained below agroforestry has been evolving, bo...
Agroforestry (AF) systems where trees are managed together with crops and/or animal production systems in agricultural settings seem to give promising results in making agriculture more productive and resilient, in particular towards climate change. Thanks to the economic and environmental benefits explained below agroforestry has been evolving, bo...
Whilst the benefits of agroforestry are widely recognised in tropical latitudes few studies have assessed how agroforestry is perceived in temperate latitudes. This study evaluates how stakeholders and key actors including farmers, landowners, agricultural advisors, researchers and environmentalists perceive the implementation and expansion of agro...
Agroforestry systems can increase resource efficiency, enhance productivity, and improve the overall resilience of agro-ecosystems. Agroforestry has a long tradition, however their widespread use has been interrupted by introduction of industrial agriculture and in some countries by political changes connected with collectivization and land consoli...
The report presents the findings of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group (FG) on 'Agroforestry: Integrating woody crops into specialised crop and livestock systems'. Agroforestry, here defined as the practice of integrating woody vegetation with crops and/or livestock systems, is a historical approach to farming that is being re-discovered.
Agroforestry practi...
Organising the added value of agroforestry system could be understood in many ways. The added value comes from multiples sources (from the product, the way of commercialisation or be part of payment for service).
Four main research needs are identified for this topic:
- Performances: how to measure all of the performances of a system in the same ti...
The Paulownia tree (or to its well-known name Chinese empress tree; Paulownia tomentosa) is classified among the most variable wood species of the world concerning usability. Its cultivation in Hungary in form of research plantations has just started in the last decade, first of all for the investigation of energetic properties. Due to this the inf...
Sludge derived carbon (SBC) is a potential resource from sewage sludge disposal, and chemical pre-treatment is a necessary activation method for the improvement of the SBC quality. Two novel activators, i.e. Fenton and NaClO, were introduced to produce SBC precursors through the destruction of cell wall barriers and heterogeneous structures in slud...
A promising new field of renewable energy sources is the utilization of common reed’s biomass, and a possible way of this is to pelletize and burn it in suitable furnaces or stoves. The research documented by this and subsequent publications analyze the production process, based on the results of the research. The results from testing the combustio...
Projects
Projects (3)
ReForest will use existing knowledge of temperate agroforestry systems to co-create solutions to key barriers that hinder wider adoption of AF by farmers in the EU and associated countries. The project will use an open science approach to represent the real-world ecological, economic and social potential and limitations of AF within decision making, verification, and financial support tools.
Strengthening links between science, society and policy. More than 1000 delegates and leading keynote speakers from all over the world will make this gathering a unique experience. Dates and venue: 20-22 May 2019 in Montpellier, France.
To know more:
https://agroforestry2019.cirad.fr/
The overall aim of the project is to promote agroforestry practices in Europe that will advance rural development i.e. improved competitiveness, and social and environmental enhancement. The project involves two international institutions and over 23 universities, research and farming organisations from across Europe.
