A study of 187 farms in Ecuador's Amazon found that cacao and coffee agroforestry and silvopastoral systems store 20 to 27 ...

FOR a young person looking at a piece of land, a tree may appear to be a long-term investment whose returns are years away.

Cocoa agroforestry systems have been studied by many researchers. However, finding and interpreting this research is a challenge for many groups. The Cocoa Agroforestry Library, a new tool from the ...

A sweeping review finds that intercropping, agroforestry, and crop rotation can rebuild degraded soils, cut pest pressure by ...

Cork oak savannas are composed by a sparse tree canopy (30-70 trees/ha) and a grassland understory predominantly composed of C3 annuals that survive the hot and dry Mediterranean summers as seeds in ...

Planting woody plant species alongside crops could double the number of insect pollinators helping farmers produce food, new research has demonstrated for the first time. The study, led by the ...

URBANA, Ill. -- There’s a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don’t mix. But agroforestry — the intentional integration of trees and shrubs in agricultural ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Rubber plantations have been a main historical cause of tropical deforestation, and are generally responsible for a range of environmental and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Agroforestry integrates trees, shrubs, and crops in a system that functions well together — it covers over 1 billion hectares of land worldwide and ...

Converting Hawaiʻi’s unused agricultural lands to agroforestry systems could significantly boost carbon storage on land while providing multiple benefits to local communities, according to a study by ...

Introduction to Agroforestry Seventy percent of the total UK land area is farmed and there is a growing pressure on this land area not only to produce food but also to help tackle climate change, ...