Agroforestry | Definition, History, Benefits, & Examples
WEBAgroforestry is a practical and low-cost means of implementing many forms of integrated land management (which seeks to reduce human impacts on land), and it contributes to a green economy by promoting long-term, sustainable, and renewable forest management, especially for small-scale producers.
Agroforestry - Wikipedia
WEBAgroforestry (also known as agro-sylviculture or forest farming) is a land use management system that integrates trees with crops or pasture. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies.
Agroforestry - USDA
WEBAgroforestry is the intentional integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems to create environmental, economic, and social benefits. It has been practiced in the United States and around the world for centuries.
USDA Forest Service National Agroforestry Center
WEBThe USDA Forest Service National Agroforestry Center accelerates the adoption of agroforestry by leading, catalyzing, coordinating, and conducting research and science-based outreach. NAC is the only USDA unit dedicated to agroforestry and is uniquely poised to provide U.S. leadership in agroforestry research and application.
What is Agroforestry? | World Agroforestry | Transforming Lives …
WEBAgroforestry involves a wide range of trees that are protected, regenerated, planted or managed in agricultural landscapes as they interact with annual crops, livestock, wildlife and humans.
Agroforestry Practices | USDA National Agroforestry Center
WEBAgroforestry is the intentional combination of agriculture and forestry to create productive and sustainable land-use practices. These practices take advantage of the interactive benefits from growing together trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.
Agroforestry as a Natural Climate Solution | TNC - The Nature Conservancy
WEBOct 2, 2023 · These trees can help to enrich soils, boost yields, buffer crops and livestock from climate extremes, diversify incomes and support biodiversity. There is also great hope that agroforestry systems can prove a valuable ally in tackling climate change, offering up to 0.31 billion metric tons of carbon removal per year 1.
Agroforestry 101: Everything You Need to Know - EcoWatch
WEBDec 4, 2022 · Agroforestry methods protect soil, animals, crops, and homes from extreme weather, while also improving water quality. It can be good for local economies by producing useful products such as: food, fiber, wood, floral and medicinal botanical products. It improves pollinator habitat.
What is agroforestry? - Soil Association
WEBSimply put, agroforestry means combining agriculture and trees. Agroforestry is a land management approach with multiple benefits. Planting trees, shrubs and hedges on farms can give farmers healthier soil and higher yields …
Overview | About agroforestry | Agroforestry | Food and …
WEBWhat is agroforestry? Agroforestry is a collective term for land management systems where woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palms, bamboos, etc.) are deliberately integrated with agricultural crops and/or animals, in some form of …