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 ...

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.

"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 ...

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 ...

The University of Illinois and Savanna Institute and Agricultural Watershed Institute will host a Farm Progress Show demonstration plot featuring an innovative alley cropping system. It will be ...

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 ...

Tajikistan is a dry and mountainous country where agroforestry is helping to stabilize soils degraded by decades of monoculture farming during the Soviet era, while growing food and providing cover ...

After more than 20 years work, Mike Hands, a British tropical ecologist has come up with a groundbreaking way to stop vast areas of rainforest destroyed Will his pioneering technique be given a chance ...

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University's Cotton Research Station (CRS) at Veppanthattai in Perambalur district has developed a horticultural model for dryland vertisols of this region, whereby various ...

IT has been established that Zimbabwe’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions as of 2015 added up to 22,0 Mt CO2e, which is about 0,045% of the global emissions. This is coming at a time anthropogenic ...

An Ecologist cover story in 2005 prompted the making of an epic documentary, Up in Smoke, about slash and burn farming. Now the film finally airs on More4 on September 27th... Matilda Lee reports The ...

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 ...