Agroforestry &
Carbon Sequestration
Understand and plan the financial, productivity and carbon impacts of agroforestry across your farming system using our state-of-the-art integrated software model.
Carbon sequestration through tree growth is one of the surest routes to net-zero emissions on many kinds of farms, particularly those in countryside stewardship or agri-environment grant schemes. It is one of the most significant and long-term changes that can be made to an agricultural system without farm diversification.
What is agroforestry?
Agroforestry is a land management practice with the deliberate inclusion of trees, hedges and shrubs within an arable or livestock farming system. This creates a combined model that benefits both farmers and the environment.
How does agroforestry benefit farmers?
Embracing agroforestry can help farmers to boost their farm business resilience, creating more sustainable and profitable operations without diversifying from core farming activities.
Agroforestry has wider benefits for the natural environment - enhanced biodiversity, improved soil health, and water conservation - and contributes significantly to carbon sequestration. Shaping your farm landscape in this way increases your on-farm natural capital and enables farmers to benefit more from participating in agri-environment schemes.
Carbon sequestration of trees
Trees capture carbon dioxide, one of the major greenhouse gas emissions, from the atmosphere through photosynthesis which combined with water to produce glucose.
This process, the ‘sequestration’ of carbon, through trees, makes them a vital asset to tackle climate change.
Farms are natural places for trees, hedges and woodland. With Sandy’s dedicated agroforestry module, you can make the most of this natural asset and benefit from providing a ‘public good’ on your farm.
Benefits of agroforestry:
Carbon sequestration through trees - offset farm carbon emissions
Improve soil health
Increase productivity
Enhance farm biodiversity - create new habitats, boost wildlife
Improve water flow and management
Provide shelter and increase animal welfare
Benefit from agri-environment and environmental stewardship schemes
Manage your Agroforestry farm system with Sandy
Measure, manage and optimise the carbon sequestration of trees on your farm with Sandy
Measure carbon capture of trees: Sandy's agroforestry module brings together productivity, costs and carbon in a way that no other farmer-accessible tool does.
Provides a long-term analysis to give unparalleled insight into the full lifetime of the combined farm system.
Plan and test land management scenarios with predictive AI technology to optimise planting and carbon sequestration in trees.
Easy to use
Sandy has an intuitive and simple, award-winning user interface.
Sandy supports on-farm decision making:
The built-in scenario-planning function allows users to experiment with different agroforestry types and configurations to find a solution that suits their farm system.
Credible & scientific
Underlying models based on independent peer-reviewed science
Conduct carbon audits in the carbon calculator.
Certified to ISO 14067 with the latest IPCC methodology, aligned to the Science Based Targets initiative and GHG Protocol.
Applicable to all major farming systems and enterprises
The model database is designed to represent all major crops and understand the characteristics of soil and fertiliser.
Applicable to both conventional and organic farming systems.
Directly see the impact of agroforestry on Net-Zero, biodiversity and carbon audit targets
Create, refine and save scenarios to build multiple pathways to carbon-neutral farming.
Directly compare the impacts of agroforestry on emissions from crop and livestock production.
Calculate the impact of agroforestry on farm biodiversity.
Streamline productivity
Taking farmland out of production for food can be a fine balancing act. With Sandy’s unsurpassed analytical integrity and new generation software, monitoring and managing these systems becomes seamless.
Monitor the sustainability and profitability of agroforestry in one place
Sandy’s powerful combination of a dedicated agroforestry module and predictive AI intelligence empowers farmers to make informed decisions and capitalise on the environmental and financial advantages that this innovative approach offers.
Farmers can credibly and scientifically track the growth and health of trees, optimise planting scenarios, monitor biodiversity gain, track fertiliser use and soil characteristics, and ensure compliance with countryside stewardship grants.