Agroforestry can be described as a blending of agriculture and forestry. It’s designed to maximize yield/benefit from the land, especially in areas with limited space. Alley cropping, one of the six ...

"Alley cropping” is the agricultural practice of planting rows – or alleys – of trees in fields of crops. According to a new study by an international, multidisciplinary research team led by the ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a grant to a Lincoln University agroforestry researcher to develop an alley cropping system for research and practice that will ...

The Inga Foundation has created a sustainable agricultural system that doesn’t deplete nutrients in the soil like slash-and-burn farming does. Alley cropping inga trees has been shown to restore ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Pruning of hedgerow trees is an important management practice for the successful establishment of an alley cropping system. Although pruning ...

It has been estimated that as many as 300 million farmers in tropical countries may take part in slash and burn agriculture. A practice that is environmentally destructive and ultimately unstable.

Researchers have looked into the practice of alley cropping, planting long-term tree crops alongside short-term cash crops, for sustainability. Alley cropping is a type of agroforestry, which is the ...

For some grain farmers, diversification can mean growing soybeans and raising cattle. For others, it involves planting crops and trees side by side. The latter practice is known as agroforestry, and ...

Katahdin hair sheep taking refuge under white pines that were intentionally left by Alex Caskey in the pasture for shade, on Barred Owl Brook Farm. Megan Bush plants rows of winter squash among mixed ...

Imagine an agriculture field. Most are planted with row upon row of tidy cash crops. Now imagine that same field with rows of trees between the rows of crops. This forested field concept is called ...