HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
AGRO FORESTRY SYSTEMS
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The planting of crops in the alleys between regularly spaced rows of trees or shrubs.
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Strips of trees and shrubs designed to enhance crop or livestock production while providing conservation benefits.
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When a farmer plans his crops randomly
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The cultivation of specialty crops under existing forest canopies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Forest farming is the cultivation of high-value crops under the protection of a managed tree canopy. In some parts of the world, this is called multi-story cropping and when used on a small scale in the tropics it is sometimes called home gardening.
Detailed explanation-2: -Agroforestry is defined as a land use system which integrate trees and shrubs on farmlands and rural landscapes to enhance productivity, profitability, diversity and ecosystem sustainability.
Detailed explanation-3: -agroforestry, cultivation and use of trees and shrubs with crops and livestock in agricultural systems.
Detailed explanation-4: -Forests maintain the productivity of the soil through adding a large quantity of organic matter and recycling of nutrients. The leaves of trees are used as manure. Supply of firewood from forests releases dung for use, as manure.
Detailed explanation-5: -Agrisilvicultural system – it is a combination of crops and trees. Silvopastoral system – it is a combination of domesticated animals and forestry. Agrosylvopastoral system – it is a combination of trees, animals and crops.