Agroforestry landscapes and global change: landscape ecology tools for management and conservation

Pastur, Guillermo Martínez; Andrieu, Émilie; Iverson, Louis R.; Peri, Pablo Luís

doi:10.1007/s10457-012-9496-6

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“…Moreover, it provides a number tangible benefits for local adaptation such as income from carbon, wood energy, improvement of soil quality, ecosystem services, and reduces human impact on forests thereby contributing to global efforts to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions (Mbow et al,2014., Udawatta et al, 2014and Nair, 2012. Thus, agroforestry has been acknowledged within the Kyoto Protocol as well as other international conventions, such as, the UNFCCC and CBD for it potential to contribute both to sustainable development along with carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation and adaptation (Kandji et al, 2003;Nair et al, 2009;Jose &Bardhan, 2012 andPastur et al, 2012).…”

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Effects of Biochar and Farm Yard Manure on Soil Properties and Crop Growth in an Agroforestry System in the Himalaya

Gautam¹,

Sitaula²

2017

SAR

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Many parts of South Asia are facing agricultural land degradation and reduced productivity while the population continues to grow and demand for food is ever-increasing. This paper presents the results of research specifically focused on application of biochar and Farm Yard Manure (FYM) at 5t/ha and 20t/ha, respectively as an amendment on degraded soil in a coffee agroforestry system of the mid-hills in the Nepal Himalaya. The study showed that there were significant (P<0.05) positive effects on soil chemical properties, crop growth (height) and crop productivity. In particular, the soil pH and SOM increased significantly, while other soil properties were not significantly improved. Also, plant growth increased dramatically with application of biochar, however, crop yields showed only slight increases. It is suggested that biochar applied at low rates along with FYM generally has immediate positive effects on the vegetative growth of plants, however, soil properties and overall crop yields may take a longer time to show improvement.

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Effects of Biochar and Farm Yard Manure on Soil Properties and Crop Growth in an Agroforestry System in the Himalaya

Gautam¹,

Sitaula²

2017

SAR

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“…A broader approach to agroforestry would include economic aspects, since 'the use of woody species must result in the enhancement of either the biological productivity or the economic return of the system, or both' (Cornell 2007). Even if recent research often takes a wider view (Pastur et al 2012) the analysis of agroforestry adoption remains strongly oriented towards biophysical and economic benefits expressed in quantitative terms. Social and cultural dimensions are often overlooked and if taken into account they might still be insufficiently theorised.…”

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Food first! Theorising assets and actors in agroforestry: risk evaders, opportunity seekers and ‘the food imperative’ in sub-Saharan Africa

Jerneck

Olsson

2013

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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Despite widely recognised and well-established benefits, it is difficult to adopt the multifunctional activity of agroforestry into the landscape and lifeworld of small-scale agriculture, if poverty, itself a main reason for adopting agroforestry, stands in its way. Based on participant observations and interviews with small-scale farmers in western Kenya, we explore and theorise agroforestry adoption as a process of socio-ecological and socio-technological change. Proceeding from sustainability science and a modified livelihoods approach we use grounded theory in 'narrative walks' to analyse adoption and non-adoption of agroforestry in a setting where farmers continuously interpret, adjust to and invest in their environment. Given the diversity and complexity of such livelihoods, the analysis is structured around reproductive and productive chains, strategies and practices defined by uncertainty and risk, and conflicting interests. Findings indicate that food secure farmers may act as entrepreneurially inclined 'opportunity seekers' and venture into agroforestry, whereas the 'food imperative'(alongside the 'health imperative') makes it more difficult for agroforestry to take root among the 'poorest of the poor' who act as 'risk evaders'. Hence, agroforestry adoption must be understood within an integrated humanenvironment frame recognising the socio-ecological relations of technology adoption and the wider political aspects and power structures of food security.

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“…The vegetation criterion was investigated using a mixed species index through species diversity, with the most popular of the heterogeneity indices being those based on information theory. The expression for the information content per individual within an infinite population is given by the Shannon-Weaver formation [32]. The Shannon index (H') was used as an index to measure the species abundance and richness as shown in the equation:…”

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Landscape Agroforestry Modeling for a Sufficiency Economy in Huai Raeng-Klong Peed Watershed, Trat Province, Thailand

Chaipong

Wachrinrat

2015

App. Envi. Res.

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This research focused on land use modeling at the landscape scale based on the sufficiency economy philosophy (SE). Using land suitability and pair-wise comparison methods, the study aimed to determine key performance indicators of agroforestry under the SE, to develop a landscape agroforestry model under the SE and to apply the derived model to evaluate the suitability of exist-ing land uses within the study area. The key performance indicators were: the agroforestry indices (AFI)-organic matter, soil erosion, species diversity, income distribution, net present value, resources used,land holding size and acceptance of land use; and the landscape agroforestry indices (LAFI)-soil type, slope, distance to water resource, ability to access to main road, watershed class and conservation area.The AFI and LAFI were weighted based on expert judgment and used in weighted linear combina-tions to develop the landscape agroforestry model based on an AFI equation and an LAFI equation. The AFI equation was obtained from the land use types based on the SE level, and the LAFI equation was determined from the land suitability level (LS level). The final step showed that most land use types were categorized as being at the highest and high LS levels

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Agroforestry landscapes and global change: landscape ecology tools for management and conservation

Cited by 23 publications

References 11 publications

Effects of Biochar and Farm Yard Manure on Soil Properties and Crop Growth in an Agroforestry System in the Himalaya

Effects of Biochar and Farm Yard Manure on Soil Properties and Crop Growth in an Agroforestry System in the Himalaya

Food first! Theorising assets and actors in agroforestry: risk evaders, opportunity seekers and ‘the food imperative’ in sub-Saharan Africa

Landscape Agroforestry Modeling for a Sufficiency Economy in Huai Raeng-Klong Peed Watershed, Trat Province, Thailand

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