Agroforestry

Soil microbial communities in Mediterranean agroecosystems experience long drought periods that are typically combined with heat and frequently interspersed with rapid rewetting events. Agroforestry systems are of growing interest and viewed as possible alternative to conventional cropping systems...

Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.) grows naturally as an understory shrub in the moist evergreen montane forests of Southwest Ethiopia. In response to an increasing local human population pressure and a growing coffee demand on the world market, coffee producing forests are increasingly managed to...

Agroforestry, intercropping or grass barriers have a great potential to enhance cropping system's productivity and work as a source of soil conservation on hilly terrain. These soil conservation cropping methods comprise of complex interactions between plant, soil and atmosphere. Sustainability of...

This paper discusses the Central American agroforestry systems Quesungual (QS) and Kuxur Rum (KR), a system that integrate basic grain crop production - mainly maize, common bean and sorghum - with multipurpose trees. A permanent soil cover with biomass enhances erosion protection, soil fertility...

Anthropogenic disturbance is leading to the degradation of natural resources globally, even more so in countries where human populations are...

19 - 21 June 2019 - Devon

Agroforestry can be used to improve the productivity of staple food crops by improving soil fertility and promoting agroecosystem function. The domestication of agroforestry trees producing marketable products then intensifies the agroforestry system and leads to marketing, trade and business...

Agroforestry, intercropping or grass barriers have a great potential to enhance cropping system's productivity and work as a source of soil conservation on hilly terrain. These soil conservation cropping methods comprise of complex interactions between plant, soil and atmosphere. Sustainability of...