HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
AGRO FORESTRY SYSTEMS
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Most are composed of two or more types of plants (plants and/or animals).At least one of them is woody plants
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The planting cycle is always more than one year
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All crops one type so that it facilitates farmers in preservation
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There is a reciprocal (economic and ecological) relationship between woody and non -woody crops
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Biologically and economically, the AF system is far more complex than the monoculture cultivation system
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Detailed explanation-1: -These four key characteristics-intentional, intensive, interactive and integrated-are the essence of agroforestry and are what distinguish it from other farming or forestry practices.
Detailed explanation-2: -Benefits of Agroforestry Environment Benefits: Combining trees with food crops on cropland farms yield certain important environment benefits, both general ecological benefits and specific on-site benefits. The general ecological benefits include: Reduction of pressure on forest.
Detailed explanation-3: -It seeks to increase the productivity of associated crop and livestock systems, leading to more diverse and sustainable production systems and better income from tree products, while protecting the environment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wider adaptability to local climatic conditions. Thin and sparse crown that allows sunlight enter into the system. Capacity to withstand various management practices like coppicing, lopping and pollarding etc. Quick sprouting habit. More items •22-May-2012