Final Public Report. DigitAF EU Project. Deliverable 5.11

The DigitAF project, funded by the European Commission and implemented from July 2022 to June 2026, explored how digital tools, open data and stakeholder co-design can accelerate the adoption of high-quality agroforestry across Europe. Agroforestry—the deliberate integration of trees and shrubs with crops or livestock—can help farms adapt to climate change, store carbon, improve soil and water management, enhance biodiversity, diversify production and strengthen rural resilience. Yet its wider uptake remains limited by technical complexity, economic uncertainty, administrative barriers, fragmented knowledge and the difficulty of adapting systems to very different local conditions. DigitAF worked in six Living Labs in different European contexts to overcome these barriers. The Living Labs brought together farmers, advisors, policymakers, researchers and value-chain actors to identify needs, test existing tools, co-design improvements and explore how digital support can become more relevant, usable and trustworthy in practice. This multi-actor approach was central to the project: tools were not developed as stand-alone technical products, but as part of a broader effort to connect scientific evidence, local experience and real decision-making.This final public report provides a broad but readable overview of the project activities and outcomes. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21224794