Agroforestry and Sustainable Agricultural Production
Agroforestry and Sustainable Agricultural Production
- Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
Open Access
This book focuses on the potential of agroforestry to maximize agriculture production while minimizing negative effects on the environment. It collects several studies on agroforestry systems from around the world, including a variety of types of agroforestry systems, from traditional wood-pastures to tropical cocoa-based systems, and research approaches, from literature reviews to state-of-the-art ecological-economic models. The book highlights the potential of agroforestry as a promising approach for the creation of multifunctional landscapes able to face contemporary environmental challenges.
Creative Commons
English
9783036555775 9783036555782 books978-3-0365-5578-2
10.3390/books978-3-0365-5578-2 doi
Biology, life sciences
Research & information: general
Technology, engineering, agriculture
agri-environmental schemes agrisilviculture agroforestry agroforestry systems allometric models bean homogeneity bean size biodiversity bush bean Cameroon forests climate change collaboration cost effectiveness farmers food security governance/institutions government intervention hedgerows height-diameter ratio integrated ecological-economic modeling intercropping ion exchange resins land use options livelihoods livestock grazing minimum data sets minimum tillage n/a northern agriculture management nutrient supply rate plant architecture potato PRS probes Quercus ilex ripening socio-ecological resilience soil conservation soil fertility index soil nutrient subarctic agriculture subsistence sustainable development theoretical traditional cocoa systems tree biomass tropical forest management tropical rain forest
Open Access
This book focuses on the potential of agroforestry to maximize agriculture production while minimizing negative effects on the environment. It collects several studies on agroforestry systems from around the world, including a variety of types of agroforestry systems, from traditional wood-pastures to tropical cocoa-based systems, and research approaches, from literature reviews to state-of-the-art ecological-economic models. The book highlights the potential of agroforestry as a promising approach for the creation of multifunctional landscapes able to face contemporary environmental challenges.
Creative Commons
English
9783036555775 9783036555782 books978-3-0365-5578-2
10.3390/books978-3-0365-5578-2 doi
Biology, life sciences
Research & information: general
Technology, engineering, agriculture
agri-environmental schemes agrisilviculture agroforestry agroforestry systems allometric models bean homogeneity bean size biodiversity bush bean Cameroon forests climate change collaboration cost effectiveness farmers food security governance/institutions government intervention hedgerows height-diameter ratio integrated ecological-economic modeling intercropping ion exchange resins land use options livelihoods livestock grazing minimum data sets minimum tillage n/a northern agriculture management nutrient supply rate plant architecture potato PRS probes Quercus ilex ripening socio-ecological resilience soil conservation soil fertility index soil nutrient subarctic agriculture subsistence sustainable development theoretical traditional cocoa systems tree biomass tropical forest management tropical rain forest