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Fuelwood demand and supply in Rwanda and the role of agroforestry [PDF]

, 2011
Fuelwood in Rwanda is assumed to come from forests and woodlands, thus contributing to large-scale deforestation. Available studies on fuelwood demand and supply support this assumption and indicate a continuously rising demand of fuelwood, notably from ...
Mohren, G.M.J., Ndayambaje, J.D.
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Agroforstwirtschaft in Deutschland: Alley-Cropping-Systeme aus ökonomischer Perspektive

Journal für Kulturpflanzen, 2018
Die Landbewirtschaftung in Deutschland war in den letzten Jahrzehnten durch eine fortschreitende Intensivierung gekennzeichnet. Im Zuge dieser Entwicklung mussten viele Landschaftselemente wie Heckensäume, Gehölz­inseln und Einzelbäume der großflächigen ...
Josef Langenberg, Ludwig Theuvsen
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Erosion Control on a Steep Sloped Coffee Field in Indonesia with Alley Cropping, Intercropped Vegetables, and No-Tillage

Plant Production Science, 2003
In a hilly area in Lampung State, the southern end of Sumatra Island in Indonesia, coffee is commonly cultivated on hillsides with steep slopes and soil erosion affects sustainable coffee production. A field experiment on coffee cultivation was conducted
Morio Iijima, Yasuhiro Izumi, Erwin Yuliadi, Sunyoto, Afandi, Muhajir Utomo   +5 more
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Tennessee Fruit and Vegetable Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Alley Cropping Systems

HortTechnology
Alley cropping is an agroforestry practice that involves the planting of trees or shrubs alongside herbaceous crops within the same production system.
Margarita Velandia, Carlos Trejo-Pech, David Butler, Le Chen, Annette Wszelaki, Karen L. DeLong, Susan Schexnayder, Hasibul Hasan Shanto   +7 more
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Alley cropping of maize with nine leguminous trees [PDF]

Agroforestry Systems, 1992
A maize-leguminous tree alley cropping system was studied on N-deficient soils in Hawaii to determine mulch effects on maize yields. Calliandra calothyrsus, Cajanus cajan, Cassia siamea, Gliciridia sepium, KX1 — Leucaena hybrid (L. pallida X L. diversifolia), L. leucocephala, L. pallida, L.
R. C. Rosecrance, J. L. Brewbaker, J. H. Fownes   +2 more
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Supplementary Biomass Addition Enhances the Crop Productivity: Evidence from a Gliricidia sepium - Based Alley Cropping Practices in Gazipur District of Bangladesh

American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Two consecutive experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of alley cropping practices on the productivity of cauliflower during the winter season of 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. An eleven-year-old G.
Abu Alam, S. Saha, Md. Suhag, Md. Miah, M. Rahman, Md. Islam, Z. Riyadh, Apple Mahmud   +7 more
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Studies on pea (Pisum sativum L.) growth and productivity under agroforestry system: 1. Vegetative growth, chemical composition and nodulation status of pea under alley cropping system with two types of trees

Journal of Basic and Applied Research in Biomedicine, 2022
Production of vegetables under agroforestry system says that it is a good alternative especially under limited resources. This study was undertaken to find out the possibility of growing pea with highly adaptable two tree species; the Egyptian river ...
Haitham Zaki, Amr Mahmoud, Youssef Abd El-Ati, Adel Hammad, Ramadan Sayed   +4 more
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Soil organic carbon and root distribution in a temperate arable agroforestry system [PDF]

, 2013
Aim To determine, for arable land in a temperate area, the effect of tree establishment and intercropping treatments, on the distribution of roots and soil organic carbon to a depth of 1.5 m.
Burgess, Paul J., Upson, Matthew A.
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Net Energy Balance and Fuel Quality of an Alley Cropping System Combining Grassland and Willow: Results of the 2nd Rotation

Agronomy, 2021
With the central aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, agroforestry systems have become popular because they can provide biomass for bioenergy conversion and thus help replace fossil energy.
Ilze Dzene, Frank Hensgen, Rüdiger Graß, Michael Wachendorf   +3 more
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The Influence of Trees on Crop Yields in Temperate Zone Alley Cropping Systems: A Review

Sustainability
Agroforestry is a multifunctional land use system that represents a promising approach to mitigate the environmental impact of agriculture while enhancing the resilience of agricultural systems and ensuring sustainable food production.
Marie Majaura, Christian Böhm, D. Freese   +2 more
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