HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

AGRO FORESTRY SYSTEMS

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Literally, agroforestry is a combination of two words’ ‘agriculture’ and ‘’ Forestry ‘’.In Indonesian the two words can mean:
A
Agriculture and animal husbandry.
B
Forestry and fisheries.
C
Fisheries and agriculture.
D
Agriculture and forestry.
E
Farm and forestry.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Based on such socioeconomic criteria as scale of production and level of technology input and management, agroforestry systems have been grouped into three categories: Commercial, Intermediate and. Subsistence systems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Agroforestry is the planting of trees and agriculture crops on the same land including other waste patches; on the other hand farm forestry is where the farmers grow the trees for the commercial or noncommercial benefits on their farm lands.

Detailed explanation-4: -Agroforestry is a mixture of components that consist of woody plants (timber, clump, palm, bamboo, and other cambium-borne plant species) with agricultural plants (seasonal species) and/or cattle, which set in temporal a arrangement and spatial arrangement as well (Sardjono et al., 2003).

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