Agroforestry: Agriculture and Non-timber Forest Products
Agroforestry is an integrated approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy and sustainable land-use systems.
( Agroforestry ) Alleycropping - Part 1
( Agroforestry ) Alleycropping - Part 2
( Agroforestry ) Riparian Buffers - Part 3
( Agroforestry ) Riparian Buffers - Part 4
( Agroforestry ) Silvopasture - Part 5
( Agroforestry ) Silvopasture - Part 6
( Agroforestry ) Windbreaks - Part 7
( Agroforestry ) Windbreaks - Part 8
Definitions According to the World Agroforestry Centre , Agroforestry is a collective name for land use systems and practices in which woody perennials are deliberately integrated with crops and/or animals on the same land management unit. The integration can be either in a spatial mixture or in a temporal sequence. There are normally both ecological and economic interactions between woody and non-woody components in agroforestry.
In agroforestry systems, trees or shrubs are intentionally used within agricultural systems, or non-timber forest products are cultured in forest settings. Knowledge, careful selection of species and good management of trees and crops are needed to optimize the production and positive effects within the system and to minimize negative competitive effects.
In some areas, a narrow definition ofagroforestry might simply be: trees on farms . Hence, agroforestry, farm forestry and family forestry can be broadly understood as the commitment of farmers, alone or in partnerships, towards the establishment and management of forests on their land. Where many landholders are involved the result isa diversity of activity that reflects thediversity of aspirations and interests within the community.
Impacts Agroforestry systems can be advantageous over conventional agricultural and forest production methods through increased
( Agroforestry ) Alleycropping - Part 1
( Agroforestry ) Alleycropping - Part 2
( Agroforestry ) Riparian Buffers - Part 3
( Agroforestry ) Riparian Buffers - Part 4
( Agroforestry ) Silvopasture - Part 5
( Agroforestry ) Silvopasture - Part 6
( Agroforestry ) Windbreaks - Part 7
( Agroforestry ) Windbreaks - Part 8
Definitions According to the World Agroforestry Centre , Agroforestry is a collective name for land use systems and practices in which woody perennials are deliberately integrated with crops and/or animals on the same land management unit. The integration can be either in a spatial mixture or in a temporal sequence. There are normally both ecological and economic interactions between woody and non-woody components in agroforestry.
In agroforestry systems, trees or shrubs are intentionally used within agricultural systems, or non-timber forest products are cultured in forest settings. Knowledge, careful selection of species and good management of trees and crops are needed to optimize the production and positive effects within the system and to minimize negative competitive effects.
In some areas, a narrow definition ofagroforestry might simply be: trees on farms . Hence, agroforestry, farm forestry and family forestry can be broadly understood as the commitment of farmers, alone or in partnerships, towards the establishment and management of forests on their land. Where many landholders are involved the result isa diversity of activity that reflects thediversity of aspirations and interests within the community.
Impacts Agroforestry systems can be advantageous over conventional agricultural and forest production methods through increased