Resources Tagged: Agroforestry

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  1. Agroforestry in the Central African Home Garden: A Manual for Tree Gardening in the Humid Tropics

    2007-01-01 This book serves as a companion to 100 Tropical Fruits, Nuts, and Spices for the Central African Home Garden. Drawing on over 30 years of experience in Central Africa, Roy Danforth and fellow authors have developed this manual to guide people in establishing a variety of multipurpose trees in the...
    Agroforestry Fruit Trees Fruit Tree Crops

  2. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

    1997-11-19 One of the immediate problems directly affecting agricultural output and quality of life in Niger is the severe deforestation which has occurred, particularly since the 1960’s. Simply planting more trees does not solve the problems. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration is a practice that protects...
    Agroforestry Rural Development FMNR Natural Regeneration Dryland Farming Semi-arid

  3. Selection of Trees on which to Grow Vanilla

    1999-10-19 Many tree species can be used for growing vanilla orchid. Actually, wooden or wire trellises can be used, too, as long as there is some protection from the sun.
    Agroforestry Vanilla

  4. Some Tree Seeds Need Smoke To Germinate

    1998-12-19 Certain seeds have been shown to respond to smoke before they will germinate, even when there is no fire.
    Seed Treatment Agroforestry

  5. Resource for Understanding Land and Tree Tenure Issues

    2011-07-20 Laura Meitzner Yoder wrote “I just ran across this easy-to-read, concise, but extremely thorough and practical online manual that covers most of what any potential tree-planters ought to know and to consider regarding land and tree tenure issues.
    Tree Planting Tree Tenure Agroforestry

  6. Sesbania sesban, var. ‘Mount Cotton’ Available

    2001-01-20 ECHO now has seed of Sesbania sesban var nubica, cultivar "Mount Cotton".
    Agroforestry Legume Sesbania

  7. Coppicing Woodlots

    2010-04-01 Jean Remy Azor owns and manages his own “ti fore” (little forest) in Haiti. He started it in 1984 and has not had to replant it since. He tells of his experiences with it.
    Coppicing Agroforestry Haiti Woodland Management Latin America and ...

  8. Important Resources about Trees of Haiti

    2010-01-20 Important Trees of Haiti byJoel Timyan, a 418-page book, is now available on the Internet at the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC). An electronic PDF copy of the book can be accessed by clicking on the link pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACA072.pdf
    Trees Agroforestry Natural Resource M...

  9. Alley Cropping: a System to Sustain Soil Productivity

    2004-01-20 When selecting a hedgerow species for alley cropping, keep in mind that leaves should readily decompose when applied to the soil.
    Alley Cropping Agroforestry

  10. Exceptional Impact of a Novel Approach to Reforestation in Sub- Saharan Africa—an Update.

    2006-01-20 FMNR is a form of tree coppicing and hence depends on the presence of living tree stumps that resprout after cutting.
    Agroforestry Forestry Rural Development FMNR