EU farmers must compulsory fulfill the GAEC (standards for the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions of land) and the SMR (Statutory Management Requirement) to receive CAP funds. The GAEC goals are linked to biodiversity protection and enhancement on the one hand and water and habitat protection on the other. Moreover, agroforestry is able to contribute to the objectives of food safety, plant protection and animal protection by further contribute to the SMR goals.
Mosquera-Losada et al. (Mon,) studied this question.