Agroforestry
Table of Contents
- Introduction and definition.
- Why agrofestry?
- The significance of scale.
- Agroforestry practices.
- Trees and arable crops.
- Trees, livestock and grazed pasture.
- Trees and animals without pasture.
- Plantation tree crop agroforestry and multistrata systems.
- Reliance on wild trees in agroforestry.
- Agroforestry as a science and in development.
- Conclusion.
SummaryAgroforestry is a term for practices where trees are combined with farming, as well as for the interdisciplinary subject area embracing land use systems, at a range of scales from that of the field to the planet, that involve interactions amongst trees, people, and agriculture. Put simply, agroforestry is where trees interact with agriculture. There is a long tradition of agroforestry practice in many parts of the world, but it has come to scientific prominence, and has emerged as a major focus in international development, only during the last quarter of a century. The term clearly derives from uniting two subject areas, forestry and agriculture, which for a long time, but not necessarily for good reasons, were institutionally separated the world over, in terms of education, research, policy development, and its implementation. As such, agroforestry has been at the forefront of much recent innovation in both farming and forestry.
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