Handbook on agroforestry : management practices and environmental impact
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Handbook on agroforestry : management practices and environmental impact
（Environmental science, engineering and technology series）
Nova Science Publishers, c2010
- : hbk
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Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences Library
: hbk651||Kel||||図書館190000122060
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Agroforestry is an approach to alternative land use based on deliberate integration of trees with crops and livestock production systems. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy and sustainable land-use systems. Agroforestry can include various types of practices, including alley cropping, forest farming, shelterbelts (or timberbelts), riparian buffer strips, and silvopastoral systems. In arid and semi-arid environments, agroforestry systems potentially support livelihood improvement through simultaneous production of food, fodder and firewood without much affecting climate change. Careful selection of species and good management of trees and crops are needed to optimise the production and positive effects within the system and to minimise negative competitive effects. This book gathers the latest research from around the globe in the study of agroforestry and highlights such topics as traditional and modern agroforestry in Mediterranean regions, integration of native genetic resources in agroforestry, women agroforestry practices in refugee settlements, a discussion of the major obstacles that prevent increased agroforestry improvements, and the advantages and constrains of agroforestry systems establishment in various Brazilian biomes.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Accessing the Framework of Social Forestry for the Sustainable & Participatory Forest Management - With a Focus on Myanmar Bago Yoma
- Biotechnological Approaches for Amelioration of Agroforestry Plants of Arid & Semi-Arid Regions
- Issues in Agroforestry Development on the Canadian Prairies
- Traditional & Modern Agroforestry in the Mediterranean Basin
- Contribution of Homegardens, Agrosilvopastoral Systems, & other Human-Dominated Land-Use Types to the Avian Diversity of a Biological Corridor in Costa Rica
- Results of 16 Years of Study in a Temperate Silvopastoral Experiment with Pinus radiata in New Zealand
- Small-Scale Agroforestry in the Uplands of Bangladesh: A Case Study
- Eucalypt Seedling Establishment & the Effects of Water Supply & Demand - Past Research Trends & Priorities for the Future
- Integration of Native Genetic Resources in Brazilian Agroforestry Systems
- Use of Multipurpose Trees & Shrubs in Forestry & Agroforestry Systems in Northeastern Mexico
- The Utility & Application of Ecological Models in Agroforestry: The FORECAST Family of Models
- An International Comparison of Public Participation in Forest Policy & Management
- Agroforestry in Dry Forest, Brazil: Mycorrhizal Fungi Potential
- How to Improve Adoption of Agroforestry Systems among Small Farmers in Peruvian Amazon?
- How useful is Seasonal Climate Forecasting for Tree Planting Decisions in South-Eastern Australia? Perspectives from Local Knowledge Experts
- An Estimation of Carbon Storage Potential, Economic Value & Determinants in Kakamega Forest & Adjacent Farms, Kenya
- Assessment of Women Agroforestry Practices in Refugee Settlement in Eastern Sudan
- Rural Households' Response to Fuelwood Scarcity around Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya
- Agroforestry: A Delivery Mechanism for Multi-Functional Agriculture
- Effects of a Rock Phosphate on Indigenous Rhizobia Associated with Sesbania Sesban
- The Prairie States Forestry Project as a Model for an Effective Global Climate Change Mitigation Project
- Index.
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