Agroforestry and Sustainable Agricultural Production

• Other Authors: Rolo, Victor (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Technology, engineering, agriculture; potato; minimum data sets; soil nutrient; soil fertility index; land use options; soil conservation; intercropping; hedgerows; minimum tillage; height-diameter ratio; plant architecture; Quercus ilex; livestock grazing; nutrient supply rate; subarctic agriculture; agroforestry; bush bean; northern agriculture management; ion exchange resins; PRS probes; agroforestry systems; bean size; bean homogeneity; ripening; biodiversity; agri-environmental schemes; integrated ecological-economic modeling; cost effectiveness; sustainable development; theoretical; governance/institutions; socio-ecological resilience; Cameroon forests; collaboration; farmers; government intervention; subsistence; agrisilviculture; climate change; food security; livelihoods; tropical forest management; tropical rain forest; traditional cocoa systems; allometric models; tree biomass; n/a
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This book focuses on the potential of agroforestry to maximize agriculture production while minimizing negative effects on the environment. It collects several studies on agroforestry systems from around the world, including a variety of types of agroforestry systems, from traditional wood-pastures to tropical cocoa-based systems, and research approaches, from literature reviews to state-of-the-art ecological-economic models. The book highlights the potential of agroforestry as a promising approach for the creation of multifunctional landscapes able to face contemporary environmental challenges.