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Agroforestry (or even alley cropping) occurs as strategy utilized by farmers to combat soil erosion. Therein method, many crops are planted together in strips or even alleys between trees and shrubs. This design provides shade (reducing water loss from either evaporation), ensures retention of soil moisture, and can besides make fruit, fuelwood, or trimmings to exist as mass produced into mulch. The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) made this definition within 1993: "Agroforestry is a collective name for land use systems and practices in which woody perennials are deliberately integrated with crops and/or animals on the same land management unit. The integration can be either in a spatial mixture or in a temporal sequence. There are normally both ecological and economic interactions between woody and non-woody components in agroforestry". It means that trees come deliberately utilized inside agrarian systems. Noesis, careful choice of metal money & practiced management of trees & crops come required to maximize a productiin & caring results of trees & to minimise veto competitory results on crops.
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ECHO - Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization Offers useful information and resources to practitioners around the world, with an emphasis on self-sufficiency systems to prevent food shortages. Topics include tropical agriculture and appropriate technology. Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network (FACT Net) An incarnation of the Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association (NFTA), which provides information on the use of nitrogen fixing and multipurpose trees. Trees for the Future Trees for the Future is a non-profit organization initiating and supporting agroforestry self-help projects in cooperation with groups and individuals in developing countries. Sustainable Harvest International Providing farmers and communities in the tropics with long-term assistance implementing environmentally and economically sustainable technologies. Management of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics Homepage Management of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics (MOIST) is a rich source of information on green manure/cover crops and hosts an active email discussion group on green manures/cover crops. ForestInformation.com Offers educational content on sustainable forest management from Canadian, U.S. and United Nations forestry resources. Operated by forestry companies and industry associations. Includes a kids and teachers section. Agroforestry Research Trust English nonprofit group conducts research into temperate agroforestry and into all aspects of plant cropping and uses, with a focus on tree, shrub and perennial crops. The Australian Master TreeGrower Program An 8 weeks educational program for landholders that can make an important contribution to the development of farm forestry. University of Melbourne. Native American Agroforestry A research paper detailing some of the ecological aspects of the Northeastern Native American agroforestry practices. Association for Temperate Agroforestry Promotes the wider adoption of agroforestry by landowners in temperate regions of North America. Information about the organization and about agroforestry. |
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