Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems examines the environmental and social conditions that affect the roles and performance of trees in field- and forest-based agricultural production systems. Various types of ecological settings for agroforestry are analyzed within temperate and tropical regions. The roles of soil, water, light, nutrient and pest management in mixed, annual, woody perennial and livestock systems are discussed. Important new case studies from around the world offer innovative strategies that have been used successfully in raising forests and tree products on a sustainable basis for commercial harvesting and for providing other environmental services in land conservation and watershed management. This book provides forestry and natural resources management professionals with a better understanding of the newest strategies for growing and maintaining commercial tree species in a more sustainable fashion, relying less on agrochemical input and mechanical intervention, while still maintaining acceptable levels of profitability.
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One of the conceptual foundations upon which tropical agroforestry research was initiated two decades ago is that trees help maintain soil fertility and support the growth of associated crops (Mongi and Huxley, 1979; Nair, 1984). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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One of the conceptual foundations upon which tropical agroforestry research was initiated two decades ago is that trees help maintain soil fertility and support the growth of associated crops (Mongi and Huxley, 1979; Nair, 1984). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
agroforest development, tropical agroforestry systems, simple agroforestry systems, agroforest strategy, different weed types, social science mandate, agroforestry science, agroforestry tree species, ground cover management, agroforestry researchers, forage tree legumes, damar gardens, utilization pools, sole cowpea, tree domestication, complex agroforestry systems, forest preference, leucaena psyllid, maize stalk borer, silvopastoral systems, ground cover weeds, land user groups, alley cropping, alley farming, agroforestry technologies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Costa Rica, Intermediate Technology Publications, United States, John Wiley, Sri Lanka, West Africa, Farmer First, Oxford University Press, Range Mgt, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Plant Cell, Cornell University, South America, Latin America, Westview Press, Winrock International, Academic Press, Boca Raton, New Zealand, Soil Sci, Tropical Agriculture, Working Paper, World Bank, Evolution of Crop Plants New!
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- Tropical Agroecosystems (Advances in Agroecology) by John H. Vandermeer in Front Matter, page 51, and page 217
- Valuing Agroforestry Systems: Methods and Applications (Advances in Agroforestry) by Janaki R.R. Alavalapati on page 8, and page 54
- Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods: Uniting Science and Participation by Ann Braun on page 182, and page 183
- Agroecological Innovations: Increasing Food Production with Participatory Development by Norman Uphoff in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Agroecosystem Sustainability: Developing Practical Strategies (Advances in Agroecology) by Stephen R. Gliessman in Front Matter, and page 66
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