Agroforestry refers to the combined utilisation of an agricultural area (‘agricultura’ (Latin for ‘agriculture’)) with woody plants (‘forest’). Trees and shrubs are planted on arable or grassland areas, i.e. the utilisation of annual and perennial plants takes place on the same area. Animal husbandry in combination with trees also falls under the term ‘agroforestry’. Agroforestry systems are widespread worldwide - both as a traditional form of cultivation and as ‘modern/production-orientated’ systems within ‘regenerative agriculture’.  In Central Europe, too, agroforestry systems have long been a widespread form of land use, for example as orchards or wooded pastures. However, due to the expansion and amalgamation of agricultural land in the 20th century, this combined land use has largely been abandoned. Agriculture was increasingly separated from forestry. Anyone travelling or walking through our agricultural landscapes today will see monotonous farmland in many places: Crops and trees or forests are separated from each other.