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Production in Agroforestry, Silvoculture and Permaculture
Hazelnuts are widely cultivated in permanent forest like agricultural systems such as Agroforestry, Silvoculture and Permaculture. In these systems hazelnut trees, a perennial crop, is combined with other perennial or annual crops as well as farm animals such as cows. Possible combinations with hazelnuts are asparagus, rasperries, oaks, native plants, apples, chestnuts and currants. Ruminants such as cows can profit from the hazelnut leaves in their diet, due to the mitigating effect on methane. This effect is based on the tannins in the leaves.