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Agroforestry-Based Ecosystem Services
Agroforestry, land use at the agriculture-forestry interface that implies the presence of trees on farms and/or farmers in forests, has a history that may be as old as agriculture, but as an overarching label and topic of formal scientific analysis, it ...
M. van Noordwijk
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THE ROLE OF AGROFORESTRY FOR FARM HOUSEHOLD’S WELFARE: EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA
The role of agroforestry on socio-economic and environmental conditions has been widely documented in the literature. However, its role in farmers' households remains low, especially in Indonesia.
Wijayanto H.W., Lo K.-A.
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Wakelyns Agroforestry: 25 years of agroforestry
An oasis of trees, alive with bird song and insects, surrounded by a sea of large-scale conventional arable production, Wakelyns Agroforestry integrates trees for timber, energy and fruit production into an organic crop rotation. Wakelyns was established by the late plant pathologist, Prof.
Smith, Jo, Westaway, Sally
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A global view of agroforestry [PDF]
book reviews ISSN 1948-6596 A global view of agroforestry Agroforestry – The Future of Global Land Use. P.K. Ramachandran Nair & Dennis Garrity (editors), 2012, Springer, 531 pp. £126 (hardback) ISBN 978-94-007-4675-6; http://www.springer.com Both P.K.R. Nair and D.
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Despite the extensive amount of evidence in the literature regarding the benefits of agroforestry systems including carbon sequestration, soil erosion reduction, climate change resilience, biodiversity conservation and other ecosystem services, the ...
Margherita Tranchina+4 more
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When restoring degraded landscapes, approaches capable of striking a balance between improving environmental services and enhancing human wellbeing need to be considered.
M. Siarudin+6 more
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Flood risk reduction and flow buffering as ecosystem services – Part 2: Land use and rainfall intensity effects in Southeast Asia [PDF]
Watersheds buffer the temporal pattern of river flow relative to the temporal pattern of rainfall. This ecosystem service is inherent to geology and climate, but buffering also responds to human use and misuse of the landscape.
M. van Noordwijk, L. Tanika, B. Lusiana
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Cocoa agroforestry systems versus monocultures: a multi-dimensional meta-analysis
Scientific knowledge, societal debates, and industry commitments around sustainable cocoa are increasing. Cocoa agroforestry systems are supposed to improve the sustainability of cocoa production.
W. Niether+4 more
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This study aimed to identify from the literature review whether agroforestry systems have been an agricultural practice adopted by indigenous peoples for income generation and food and nutritional security.
Claudia de Brito Quadros Gonçalves+2 more
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Agroforestry Extent in the United States: A Review of National Datasets and Inventory Efforts
A comprehensive understanding of agroforestry adoption across a landscape is critical for effective agroforestry planning. The objectives of this study are to identify the sources of agroforestry data that can be used in the United States (U.S.) for ...
Matthew M. Smith+5 more
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