Pacific Islanders were once among the most self-sufficient and well-nourished peoples in the world. Their traditional agricultural systems integrated trees with production, a practice known as agroforestry. This book provides practical guidelines for planting and using trees in landscapes, gardening, and farming. Information on over 300 Pacific Island agroforestry species is provided. Topics covered include traditional Pacific Island multipurpose trees and their uses, understory intercropping, land rehabilitation, expanding traditional agroforests, nontimber forest products, windbreak design, timber and fruit production, financial analysis for agroforestry, and more.
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Provides a real clearinghouse on traditional and modern agroforestry not only for Pacific Islands, also very useful for other regions. -- ILEIA Newsletter for Sustainable Agriculture, September 2000 (The Netherlands)
The Guides are rich sourcebooks for ideas and possibilities for agroforestry projects and...include information on hundreds of useful trees and plants. -- ews, Winter 2001 (Hawaii)
The Guides provide user-friendly, practical information on planning and installing a number of important agroforestry practices. -- Agroforestry News, Summer 2000 (Australia)
The editors are to be commended for a significant contribution, and for creating a resource of lasting value. -- The Permaculture Activist, November 2000
“...I recommend the guide to anyone interested in agroforestry. The editors and their collaborators have assembled a wealth of agroforestry information ...” -- Bruce Wight, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA National Agroforestry Center
“These Agroforestry Guides will be of immense use as reference material to our faculty and students in agronomy, horticulture, and forestry.” -- Bruce Mathews, Ph.D, University of Hawaii—Hilo
“Wow! It is like having a agroforestry library and librarian at your finger tips...” -- ames Hollyer, Agricultural Development in the American Pacific (ADAP) Project
The Guides are rich sourcebooks for ideas and possibilities for agroforestry projects and...include information on hundreds of useful trees and plants. -- ews, Winter 2001 (Hawaii)
The Guides provide user-friendly, practical information on planning and installing a number of important agroforestry practices. -- Agroforestry News, Summer 2000 (Australia)
The editors are to be commended for a significant contribution, and for creating a resource of lasting value. -- The Permaculture Activist, November 2000
“...I recommend the guide to anyone interested in agroforestry. The editors and their collaborators have assembled a wealth of agroforestry information ...” -- Bruce Wight, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA National Agroforestry Center
“These Agroforestry Guides will be of immense use as reference material to our faculty and students in agronomy, horticulture, and forestry.” -- Bruce Mathews, Ph.D, University of Hawaii—Hilo
“Wow! It is like having a agroforestry library and librarian at your finger tips...” -- ames Hollyer, Agricultural Development in the American Pacific (ADAP) Project
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Pacific Islanders were once among the most self-sufficient and well-nourished peoples in the world. Their traditional agricultural systems integrated trees with production, a practice known as agroforestry. This book draws on both time-tested, traditional agroforestry strategies and modern research to provide useful information for gardeners, farmers, landscapers, and growers in almost any region.
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Abstract: Agroforestry is a traditional Pacific Island practice of integrating trees with crops and/or animals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
agroforestry enrichment, understory crops, farm forestry project, windbreak species, sequential cropping systems, agroforestry journal, agroforestry specialist, freelance scientific illustrator, brown salwood, traditional agroforestry species, used comprehensive textbook, nonindustrial private forest lands, tropical agroforest, many agroforestry practices, feedback for this publication, agroforestry tree species, live fence posts, noncommercial educational purposes, silvopastoral systems, special forest products, windbreak design, integrating trees, major commercial timbers, portia tree, beach hibiscus Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Permanent Agriculture Resources, Southeast Asia, Winrock International, New York, University of Hawaii, Cook Islands, New Guinea, The Netherlands, United Nations University Press, Solomon Islands, Natural Resources Conservation Service, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Holua Farm, Kluwer Academic Publishers, State of Hawaii, Tree Network, Agroforestry Today, Marshall Islands, Cornell University, National Agroforestry Center, Winrock Drive, Agroforestry Technology Information Kit, East Africa, Land-Use Systems, New Caledonia New!
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- An Introduction to Agroforestry by P. K. Ramachandran Nair on 12 pages
- Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability by William C. Clarke on 6 pages
- In Gardens of Hawaii by Marie C. Neal on 6 pages
- Plantation Forestry in the Tropics: The Role, Silviculture, and Use of Planted Forests for Industrial, Social, Environmental, and Agroforestry Purposes by Julian Evans on 6 pages
- Agroforestry for Soil Management (Cabi) by Anthony Young on 6 pages
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