Resources Tagged: Agroforestry

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  1. UF IFAS Tropical Forestry & Agroforestry

    Tropical forestry and agroforestry are both highly interdisciplinary, spanning both biological and social sciences. Understanding the impacts of varied uses on tropical forests is critical to the development of management plans and policies that can sustain both the systems and the people that...
    Agroforestry

  2. The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)

    CATIE's Orthodox Seed Germplasm Bank was established in July 1976 as a strategy to face the growing loss of diversity of some of the most important crops in the Mesoamerican region. One of the main tasks of the bank is to locate, collect, conserve, characterize and distribute the germplasm...
    Agroforestry Latin America and ...

  3. Focali (Forest, Climate, and Livelihood research network)

    Focali (Forest, Climate, and Livelihood research network) is a Swedish research network focusing on forest / bio-energy, climate change and poverty issues. Several Swedish universities and institutions are represented in the network. The purpose is to contribute to the provision of relevant...
    Agroforestry

  4. Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Working Group on Economic and Social indicators: Report on Methods for the ASB Best Bet Matrix

    This report is one of a series detailing results from the Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Agriculture Research Programme which seeks to reconcile agricultural production and development with mitigation of the adverse local and global environmental effects of deforestation.
    Slash-and-Burn Africa Land Use Agroforestry Shifting cultivation

  5. Vegetative Tree Propagation in Agroforestry: Training Guidelines and References

    2002-01-01 A one week practicaltraining course on vegetative propagation of agroforestry trees. The overall objective of the course is to improve the practical vegetative plant propagation skills of field technicians or nursery managers and to provide them with the necessary theoretical knowledge on the...
    Agroforestry Tree Planting

  6. Edible Australian Acacias, A "New" - "Old" Food For Semi Arid Zones

    1998-08-19 The seed of some fifty Australian dry-zone acacia species are a traditional food of Australian Aboriginal people. In Australia they have not been domesticated and until recently have had a low status as “outback bush plants.”
    Agroforestry Edible Australian ... Semi-arid

  7. 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

  8. 2016 ECHO International Agriculture Conference Topic Summaries

    2017-01-16 This article summarizes several of the plenary sessions presented at the 2016 ECHO conference in Florida. If you were unable to attend the conference, or would like to review some of the talks, many of them can be viewed on ECHOcommunity. Other 2016 presentations that appear there include...
    Biogas Agroforestry Linguistics Rainwater Harvesting Dryland Farming

  9. Grevillea Robusta Survives On Phosphorus-Poor Soil

    1997-01-19 Commonly called 'silk oak,' 'silver oak,' or 'grevillea,' Grivillea robusta, native to Australia, has become widely utilized in agroforestry throughout Africa and other tropical regions, despite the fact that it is not a legume.
    Agroforestry Phosphorus Grevillea robusta Grevillea

  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