This NbS is used in all types of ecosystems. Soil types and climate influence the crop type that is used. There is a large variety of perennial crops from all over the world.
Why
Perennial crops have the potential to counteract societal challenges mainly related to biodiversity enhancement, food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk and water management. This is done through the following pathways:
How
Perennial crops are not that different from annual crops other than in the type of management needed. At present there are mostly perennial fruit and berry crops, and a few well-developed perennial cereal and legume crops. Perennial crops are also used as complementary to annual crops. For instance, they can be part of an agroforestry setting with permanent crops in field edges or middle of fields in a kind of intercropping.