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Tree Tenure in Agroforestry Parklands: Implications for the Management, Utilisation and Ecology of Shea and Locust Bean Trees in Northern Ghana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The management and utilisation of resources in agroforestry systems are influenced by both land and tree tenure systems, especially where land and tree tenure are distinct, and rights to one do not necessarily lead to rights over the other. Most academic
Poudyal, Mahesh
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Traditional agroforestry systems and practices of Assam [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Agroforestry is an age-old practice in Assam, the Northeastern state of India. But the documentation of such traditional practices is very meagre. Assam has six agro-ecological zones.
Sharma, Dr. Madhubala   +5 more
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Sustainability of Shade-Grown Erva-Mate Production: A Management Framework for Forest Conservation

open access: yesConservation, 2023
Despite the socioeconomic importance of erva-mate (Ilex paraguariensis) traditional agroforestry production for family agriculture in Southern Brazil, there has been no systematization of forest management best practices aiming at long-term ...
André Eduardo Biscaia Lacerda
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping the Relationship of Inter-Village Variation in Agroforestry Tree Survival with Social and Ecological Characteristics: The case of the Vi Agroforestry Project, Mara Region, Tanzania [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Agroforestry practices can improve the adaptive capacity and resilience of local farming and subsistence systems while providing livelihood benefits to households. However, scaling up of agroforestry technology has often proved difficult.
Kimanzu, Ngolia   +2 more
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The Pattern and Process of Adoption and Scaling up: Variation in Project Outcome Reveals the Importance of Multilevel Collaboration in Agroforestry Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Agroforestry is considered a subsistence system that balances the urgent need for food and income of small scale farmers with restoration and conservation of ecosystem services, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Kimanzu, Ngolia   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Traditional agroforestry of Angami Nagas of Nagaland state, India- a quantitative assessment of socio-cultural values and agrobiodiversity

open access: yesJournal of Tropical Forestry and Environment, 2022
Nhalie (shifting cultivation) and teizie (home garden) are the major forms of traditional agroforestry practices of Angami Nagas in Kohima district of Nagaland.
Akoijam Basanta Singh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the sustainability of traditional agroforestry practices: a case of Mamar agroforestry in Kupang-Indonesia

open access: yesForest and Society, 2021
A traditional agroforestry of West Timor, namely Mamar, produces important ecosystem services to the people of this arid region, however, its management tends to change, thereby disrupting its sustainability.
Alfred Umbu Kuala Ngaji   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Linking agrobiodiversity and culture through the adoption of agroforestry practices: The Agroforestry Indigenous Agents

open access: yesParks Stewardship Forum, 2020
Agroforestry is the result of a dialectical relationship between humans and the environment, capable of increasing agricultural biodiversity. In the Brazilian Amazon region, Agroforestry Indigenous Agents have been disseminating these practices through ...
Marcia Fajardo Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
doaj   +1 more source

Abandonment of Silvopastoral Practices Affects the Use of Habitats by the European Hare (Lepus europaeus)

open access: yesAgriculture, 2022
Silvopasture, a traditional agroforestry practice, combines the presence of trees, shrubs, herbage, and livestock in time and space to provide multiple ecosystem services that contribute to human well-being.
Ilias Karmiris   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Irish dairy and drystock farmers’ attitudes and perceptions to planting trees and adopting agroforestry practices on their land

open access: yesEnvironmental Challenges, 2022
Due to the intensification of agriculture and transition to monoculture plantations, vast areas of native woodland have been lost from the Irish landscape.
Rachel Irwin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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