2019-10-01 Agroforestry systems are encouraged in farming systems in the developed and the developing countries, due to the multifunctional role of agroforestry in enhancing agronomic productivity, co-production of diversity of food products for balanced nutrition and provision of environmental ecosystem...
1989-01-01 The purpose of the workshop was to set a course for future research and development activities with perennial Sesbania species. The specific objectives of the workshop were to: assess the present state-of-the-art regarding the botany, natural history, biological nitrogen fixation, genetics, and...
The presentation introduces and defines the concept of multipurpose trees and shrubs in agroforesty. Different areas for multipurpose trees and shrubs research are presented and discussed. These relate to the tree component itself, its effect on the environment, its role in agroforesty systems...
The integration of tree and other farming can establish a sounder ecological balance and greater productivity of food and materials for clothing, fuel and shelter. The book suggests planting and cropping methods, and a range of potentially useful trees.
This presentation introduces and defines the concept of Multipurpose Trees and Shrubs in agroforestry. It lists the special features of them and describes ways to identify such species for specific agroforestry technologies and agro-ecological zones. One they have been identified, collected...
1981-01-01 This bibliography includes 680 references of documents on tropical agroforestry. Most of the documents deal with the American tropics, but there are also documents from Africa, Asia and Oceania. Two.indices are presented, one by authors, and the other combining subjects, species and countries,...
1989-01-01 This kit was meant to help our forestry officers and technicians be effective in their role as extension workers for the upland dwellers. It is full of native know-how and skills that make life in the uplands more meaningful, profittable and ecologically sustainable. It is well prepared and if...
2000-01-01 Agroforesty adds an interesting twist to agriculture because it is a land-use system that focuses on the big picture. As you learn about agroforestry you will discover that farmers are not the only people who can benefit. Many of the principles and methods apply quite well to small landowners....
2002-01-01 The production of this manual is intended to serve as a practical reference for extension agents to support the adoption of these practices by farmers. It represents an evolutionary process of our current knowledge, but there is much room for improvement since the recommended technologies are not...
1988-01-01 This study attempts to make suggestions on the practical implementation, management and utilisation on agroforestry-systems for school and college farms.