Afforestation of savannah with cocoa agroforestry systems: a small-farmer innovation in central CameroonAgroforestry Systems - Tập 86 - Trang 493-504 - 2012
Patrick Jagoret, Isabelle Michel-Dounias, Didier Snoeck, Hervé Todem Ngnogué, Eric Malézieux
Cocoa cultivation is generally considered to foster deforestation. Contrary to this view, in the forest–savannah interface area in Cameroon, farmers have planted cocoa agroforestry systems on Imperata cylindrica grasslands, a soil-climate zone generally considered unsuitable for cocoa cultivation. We undertook a survey to understand the agricultural and ecological bases of this innovation. Age, cr...... hiện toàn bộ
Farm-SAFE: the process of developing a plot- and farm-scale model of arable, forestry, and silvoarable economicsAgroforestry Systems - Tập 81 - Trang 93-108 - 2010
A. R. Graves, P. J. Burgess, F. Liagre, J.-P. Terreaux, T. Borrel, C. Dupraz, J. Palma, F. Herzog
Financial feasibility and financial return are two key issues that farmers and land owners consider when deciding between alternative land uses such as arable farming, forestry and agroforestry. Moreover regional variations in yields, prices and government grants mean that the relative revenue and cost of such systems can vary substantially within Europe. To aid our understanding of these variatio...... hiện toàn bộ
Improving tall fescue shade tolerance: identifying candidate genotypesAgroforestry Systems - Tập 79 - Trang 39-45 - 2010
D. M. Burner, C. P. West
Tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus [Schreb.] Dumort.) is genetically variable for many agronomic traits, so it might be possible to increase its persistence and productivity in shaded agroforestry applications. The objective of this research was to identify high yielding, shade-tolerant genotypes. Seed was obtained from eight families: seven plant introductions of European origin: 234718, 23472...... hiện toàn bộ
Butterfly diversity in agroforestry plantations of Eastern Ghats of southern Odisha, IndiaAgroforestry Systems - Tập 93 - Trang 1423-1438 - 2018
Anirban Mahata, Kranti Titikshya Samal, Sharat K. Palita
Agroforestry plays an important role in food security, sustainable development and biodiversity conservation. For understanding the role of agroforestry on biodiversity, a study was undertaken to access butterfly diversity in coffee, cashew and guava plantations in Eastern Ghats of southern Odisha during February–April 2016. A total of 1075 individuals of butterflies belonging to 60 species and 46...... hiện toàn bộ
Structural root growth of young Veronese poplars on erodible slopes in the southern North Island, New ZealandAgroforestry Systems - Tập 72 - Trang 75-86 - 2007
I. R. McIvor, G. B. Douglas, S. E. Hurst, Z. Hussain, A. G. Foote
In New Zealand poplars are commonly planted on moist, unstable pastoral hill country to prevent or reduce soil erosion, thereby maintaining hillslope integrity and pasture production. Mechanical reinforcement by poplar root systems aids slope stabilisation. Root mass and distribution were determined for three Populus deltoides × nigra ‘Veronese’ trees aged 5, 7 and 9.5 year planted as 3 m poles at...... hiện toàn bộ
Intake, digestibility, and nitrogen balance in hair sheep fed Pennisetum purpureum supplemented with tropical tree foliageAgroforestry Systems - - 2020
Hassem Rodriguez-Villanueva, José Puch-Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Muñoz-González, José Roberto Sangines-García, Edgar Aguilar-Urquizo, Alfonso J. Chay-Canul, Fernando Casanova‐Lugo, Guillermo Jiménez‐Ferrer, José Armando Alayón Gamboa, Ángel Trinidad Piñeiro-Vázquez
Establishment and regrowth responses of Albizia julibrissin on Louisiana USA coastal plain soilsAgroforestry Systems - Tập 74 - Trang 259-266 - 2008
W. D. Pitman
The tree legume Albizia julibrissin Durazz. has potential as a forage plant to overcome forage quality limitations to animal performance on warm-season grass pastures in the southeastern USA. Hardseededness and slow establishment are limitations of this legume, while responses to defoliation have not been fully assessed. Germination, establishment, and response to defoliation were evaluated on a C...... hiện toàn bộ
Alley cropping in the moist savanna of West-Africa: II. Impact on soil productivity in a North-to-South transect in TogoAgroforestry Systems - Tập 42 - Trang 229-244 - 1998
B. K. Tossah, D. K. Zamba, B. Vanlauwe, N. Sanginga, O. Lyasse, J. Diels, R. Merckx
The moist savanna of West-Africa is characterized by a wide range of climates and soil types. The impact of the biophysical environment on hedgerow N uptake, wood production and maize grain yield was assessed for three years in three alley cropping trials with a selected number of hedgerow species in Glidji (Southern Togo), Amoutchou (Central Togo), and Sarakawa (Northern Togo). Senna siamea hedge...... hiện toàn bộ