Resources Tagged: Agroforestry

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  1. Growth physiology, propagation, and replacing the tropical forests

    Abstract - Botanical Journal of Scotland Three apparently disparate topics are brought together to focus on ways in which science and even technology have often been insulated from pressing human needs. A notable example is the 20th Century's down-grading of the value of tropical trees in...
    JCB Plant Propagation Propagation Agroforestry

  2. Highlights of Dr. Brewbaker’s Leucaena Tree and Sweet Corn Breeding Programs

    2008-04-20 We were privileged to have Dr. James Brewbaker as a speaker at our annual conference in November 2007. As a plant breeder at the University of Hawaii, Dr. Brewbaker has devoted many years of scholarly research to the leucaena tree and to sweet corn. He has always had a strong interest in ways...
    Crop Pests Agroforestry Leucaena Legume Sweet Corn

  3. Controlling Weeds in Tree Plantings

    2007-10-20 Overstory Issue 188 (about accelerated natural regeneration, or ANR) included information about weeding in forests. Here we share an excerpt on reducing competition with weeds.
    Weed Control Agroforestry

  4. 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

  5. Agroforestry

    2015-10-06
    Agroforestry Asia

  6. Is alley cropping right for your situation?

    2008-07-20 Thisagroforestry technique has been widely promoted in agriculture development programs throughout the tropics. Alley cropping (AC) is the practice of growing food crops in alleys between hedgerows of trees or shrubs, which are regularly coppiced (severely pruned). Prunings are placed on the soil...
    Agroforestry Alley Cropping

  7. Rapid Multiplication of Banana and Plantain Plants

    2008-04-20 The technique described in this article is very practical and applicable in certain situations. For example, it is becoming very useful for us here in Gamboula, Central African Republic (CAR), to produce planting material to distribute to our agroforestry cooperatives. It would also be helpful as...
    Plant Propagation Banana Agroforestry

  8. Salt Tolerance in Leucaena?

    1992-04-01 Information about the salt tolerance of Leucaena
    Salt Tolerance Agroforestry Leucaena Legume

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

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

  10. 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