HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
AGRO FORESTRY SYSTEMS
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Articles of clothing needed to tend to land
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Equipment used to manage land
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The cost of the car for the landowner
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Cost of classes at the university to learn about agoforestry
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Agroforestry approaches like the use of multi-purpose tree species (MPTs), relay-cropping, terracing and contour cultivation, strip and alley cropping are appropriate to fulfil the needs of low-resource farmers by restoring and increasing land productivity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Agroforestry, as a science and practice, has the potential to contribute to the improvement of rural livelihood, due to the capacity of its various forms to offer multiple alternatives and opportunities to smallholders to enhance farm production and income, while protecting the agricultural environment.
Detailed explanation-4: -The three main components of agroforestry-animals, crops and trees-can be combined in numerous spatial and temporal arrangements and for different functions, creating thus many different kinds of systems.