AGROFORESTRY Tatiyana david
WHAT IS IT? AGRICULTURE INCORPORATING THE CULTIVATION AND CONSERVATION OF TREES EXAMPLES:PLANTATION CROPS,COFFEE,TEA 3 TYPES:AGRISILVICULTURAL,AGROSILVOPASTORAL,SILVOPASTORAL ANCIENT PRACTICE ,POPULAR IN DEVOLOPING COUNTRIES
3 TYPES AGRISILVICULTURAL:CROPS AND TREES(ALLEY CROPPING,HOMEGARDENS) SILVOPASTORAL:FORESTRY AND GRAZING ON PASTURES OR RANGELANDS AGROSILVOPASTORAL:HOMEGARDENS WITH ANIMALS AND TREES ON CROPLANDS USED FOR GRAZING
PROS AND CONS PROS: INCREASES CROP PRODUCTION,ECONOMIC GAIN,SOIL CONSERVATION,IMPROVED SOIL QUALITY,SEQUESTRATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON CONS:LONG WAITING TIME FOR PAYBACK,KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY INTENSIVE METHOD
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