There's a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don't mix. But agroforestry can provide a multitude of benefits to farmers and landscapes. A new study provides a ...

The woody strips are integrated into an agroforestry system combined with arable farming. Planted are drought-tolerant tree species that show strong potential both for fruit production and high-value ...

Research published in the journal Conservation Letters highlights the importance of considering land-use history when evaluating the role that agroforestry plays in sustainability and conservation ...

By planting and nurturing trees on farms, the nation can empower its farmers, strengthen its economy and safeguard its ...

In Kenya’s Rift Valley, rural communities are implementing agroforestry to boost incomes and forest cover. Native plants like enset, a type of wild banana, and trees are being cultivated in ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines agroforestry as a farming practice that covers four “I” goals: intentional, intensive, integration and interactive. There are five types of agroforestry in ...

Additional Multimedia Cocoa plantation: the farmers use an agroforestry system meaning that different types of trees are planted next to the cocoa trees. The researchers investigated the benefits of ...

Cocoa production in Côte d’Ivoire began in the 1950s in forests bordering Ghana, and progressively shifted west as trees were removed and soil exhausted. Côte d’Ivoire lost 217,866 hectares of ...