Meinhold, Kathrin Darr, Dietrich
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Agroforestry Systems
The baobab tree ( Adansonia digitata L.) is an integral component of many dryland farming systems in sub-Sahara Africa. Such traditional agroforestry systems can foster a variety of benefits; besides positive livelihood implications baobab can particularly address food security objectives due to its highly nutritious fruits. However, many bottlenec...
van der Meer Simo, Alex Kanowski, Peter Barney, Keith
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Agroforestry Systems
Agroforestry has been promoted as a promising model of rural development in Lao PDR (Laos), where much upland land use is in transition. Relatively little is known about the contributions of agroforestry systems to Lao farmers’ livelihoods, how these systems compare to alternatives, or the extent to which they might contribute to the national polic...
Michalczuk, Jerzy
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Agroforestry Systems
Non-forest tree stands are important habitats for many species of birds in the agricultural landscape. They are also the main habitat of the Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus, whose numbers have been decreasing in recent years in some parts of Europe. Recognition of the habitat requirements of this species may help better planning of its prote...
García, I. I. Mora-Delgado, J. Estrada, J. Piñeros, R.
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Agroforestry Systems
Moringa oleifera is considered as an alternative to improve the availability and quality of forage for feeding ruminants in tropical areas. Nutritional quality and gas production were evaluated analyzing the fodder of cultivars of M. oleifera from different Colombian provenances. Samples of leaves and thin stems were taken during the dry season fro...
Jose, Shibu Dollinger, Jeanne
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Agroforestry Systems
Silvopasture, as an integrated land use practice that combines trees, forage and livestock, has been in existence for millennia. There are many variants of this land use in both the temperate and tropical regions of the world practiced at small and large scales. Modern silvopasture; however, is not just a new name for an old practice. It is rooted ...
Björklund, Johanna Eksvärd, Karin Schaffer, Christina
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Agroforestry Systems
To meet the environmental challenges that are presently confronting society, the narrow focus on agricultural production needs to be altered to one that places equal value on the generation of crucial ecosystem services. Current research shows that perennial intercropping systems such as agroforestry may be a feasible alternative. Based on studies ...
Dubiez, Emilien Freycon, Vincent Marien, Jean-Noël Peltier, Régis Harmand, Jean-Michel
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Agroforestry Systems
Rotational woodlots with N2-fixing trees may be efficient agroforestry systems, allowing farmers to alternate agricultural and wood-energy production on the same area. However, their long-term effect on soil fertility is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of successive phases of Acacia auriculiformis stands gr...
Dollinger, Jeanne Jose, Shibu
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Agroforestry Systems
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Nijmeijer, Annemarijn Lauri, Pierre-Éric Harmand, Jean-Michel Saj, Stéphane
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Agroforestry Systems
Afforestation of savannah is suggested as an approach to help addressing climate change mitigation through increased carbon (C) storage. Previous studies in Central Cameroon evidenced farmers’ ability to realize afforestation by establishing cocoa-based agroforestry systems (cAFS) on humid savannah. In this forest-savannah transition zone, we studi...
Fedrigo, Jean K. Santa Cruz, R. Benítez, V. Courdin, V. Ferreira, G. Posse, J. P. Viñoles, C.
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Agroforestry Systems
This work studies the effects of forestation on forage mass and its chemical composition, as well as mean air temperature and their impact on beef cattle performance and grazing behaviour when compared to a natural grassland system. The systems comprised 100% natural grassland from the Campos biome (NG) and forested land (FL) 60% 6 y.o. Pinus taeda...
