The Contribution of Agroforestry to Sustainable Development Goal 2: End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition, and Promote Sustainable Agriculture

Montagnini, Florencia; Metzel, Ruth

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69371-2_2

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“…The high productivity and sustainable land use makes adoption of agroforestry ubiquitous at the global scale (Dalemans et al, 2018;McAdam & Curran, 2018;Fleming et al, 2019). Agroforestry practices have demonstrated reducing or reversal of land degradation, sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere and securing rural livelihoods through provision of economic benefits mostly in rural areas (Catacutan et al, 2017;Montagnini & Metzel, 2017;Waldron et al, 2017;Saqib et al, 2019). Agroforestry also provide ecosystem services and functions in addition to the products and services that motivate farmers to plant them (Kuyah et al, 2017).…”

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Influence of Duration of Agroforestry on Physico-Chemical Soil Quality Parameters in Machakos County, Kenya

2020

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The role of agroforestry in improving soil quality is well appreciated. However, there is debate as to how duration of agroforestry practice affects soil quality especially in the tropical region of Sub Saharan Africa where adoption of the practice is fairly recently. Therefore, objective this study was to investigate the influence of duration of agroforestry on physico-chemical soil quality parameters. The study was conducted using survey research design from a sample of 73 individual farmers, selected using stratified and random sampling. Soils were sampled from adopters and non adopters using soil auger. At least five sub-samples of soils were collected from each of the farmers and the soil mixed to get an integrated soil sample for analysis. The soil were packaged in two-kg khaki papers and taken to the laboratory for further physical attributes (sand, clay, silt and bulk density) and chemical analyses (pH, TN, TP, TOC, C/N and C/P). The exchangeable bases (K, Ca, Mg and Na) as well as micronutrients (Mn, Cu, Fe and Zn) were also analyzed. The results indicated that proportion of sand particles was significantly (P < 0.05) higher among non adopters compared to adopters while silt and bulk density was significantly (P < 0.05) higher among the adopters compared to the non adopters. Sand particle decreased with increasing duration of agroforestry adoption while proportion of silt and bulk density showed a significant increase in tandem to stand duration of agroforestry. The TN, TOC and C/P ratio was significantly (P < 0.05) higher among adopters and increased consistently with age of adoption, while C/N was higher among non adopters and decreased with increasing age of tree stand and duration of agroforestry. The trend in exchangeable bases and mineral contents in the soil were similar where higher concentrations occurred among adopters and displayed an increase with regard to length of adoption of agroforestry. The current study lends support to assertion that duration of agroforestry positively improves soil quality and therefore urges for mass adoption of the agroforestry practice to enhance increased agricultural productivity.

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Influence of Duration of Agroforestry on Physico-Chemical Soil Quality Parameters in Machakos County, Kenya

2020

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“…Scientific research now clearly reported that the adoption of AGF can increase yields/farm output significantly and end hunger along with improve nutrition, achieve food security towards SDG-2 goal (Montagnini & Metzel, 2017) depends on local conditions, level of skill utilized, crop types/diversity (Garrity et al, 2010;Pretty & Bharucha, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) interacts significantly with agriculture and forestry jointly thus there is a need to integrated land use management (forests, trees, and agricultural practices) a technology alternative for uninterrupted sustainable 'ecosystem services' which demand separate policy domain for agroforestry for achieving the SDGs objectives by orienting higher levels of integration of financial and human resources within the existing frameworks when combined from national/ global to local development planning (von Noordwijk et al, 2018). ICRAF since creation from 1970 onwards in conjugation with his partners have magnified agroforestry research and development activities around the globe in various domain, based on their experience and they can contribute directly to SDGs 1-3 (for eliminating poverty, hunger and the betterment of citizen for wellbeing and good health), 2014;Pretty et al, 2003;Waldron et.…”

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Agroforestry: An effective multi-dimensional mechanism for achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Goparaju¹,

Ahmad²,

Uddin

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The ecological footprint has far surpassed the biocapacity of our globe to fulfill the current requirement of the people living on the earth which needs sustainable vision with synergic alternative/option to meet the current human demand without compromising the need for the future generation. We examined the various SDGs goals with respect to agroforestry capacity and contribution based on available literature and knowledge. The study provides a better understanding of the synergic approach/strategies with retrospective and prospective ways for choosing agroforestry exercise which is an effective mechanism for providing multi-dimensional ecosystem services without interruption in achieving the majority of SDGs goals. The outcome of the evaluation highlights that agroforestry can contribute very significantly and can play a vital role in SDG-1, SDG-2, SDG-11, SDG-13, and SDG-15 directly in mitigating poverty, contributing towards food security, improving in creating a viable healthy city and in providing a sustainable overall prosperous environment in the prevailing climate change setup whereas indirectly it can serve others SDGs goals simultaneously that aim to provide better health and education, women empowerment, effective contribution towards clean water and energy for all sections of the society/citizen. The analysis further concluded although agroforestry has a vibrant future and hope it will get adequate priority in various countries with a focus on policy and investment.

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“…Agroforestry is a multifunctional form of agriculture that combines trees and crops and/or livestock on the same parcel of land. These systems are often advocated as a sustainable land-use strategy to reduce poverty, mitigate climate change and improve food security in tropical regions (Leakey 2020;Montagnini and Metzel 2018;Waldron et al 2016). For example, in the Central American Republic of Panama, the government promotes agroforestry within its private-public initiative to restore 1 million hectares of forest land ("Alianza por el Millón"; Garcia et al 2016; MiAmbiente 2019).…”

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Which Socio-economic Conditions Drive the Selection of Agroforestry at the Forest Frontier?

Gosling

Knoke

Reith

et al. 2021

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Models are essential to assess the socio-economic credentials of new agroforestry systems. In this study, we showcase robust optimisation as a tool to evaluate agroforestry’s potential to meet farmers’ multiple goals. Our modelling approach has three parts. First, we use a discrete land-use model to evaluate two agroforestry systems (alley cropping and silvopasture) and conventional land uses against five socio-economic objectives, focusing on the forest frontier in eastern Panama. Next, we couple the land-use model with robust optimisation, to determine the mix of land uses (farm portfolio) that minimises trade-offs between the five objectives. Here we consider uncertainty to simulate the land-use decisions of a risk-averse farmer. Finally, we assess how the type and amount of agroforestry included in the optimal land-use portfolio changes under different environmental, socio-economic and political scenarios, to explore the conditions that may make agroforestry more attractive for farmers. We identify silvopasture as a promising land use for meeting farmers’ goals, especially for farms with less productive soils. The additional labour demand compared to conventional pasture, however, may prove an important barrier to adoption for farms facing acute labour shortages. The selection of agroforestry responded strongly to changes in investment costs and timber prices, suggesting that cost-sharing arrangements and tax incentives could be effective strategies to enhance adoption. We found alley cropping to be less compatible with farmers’ risk aversion, but this agroforestry system may still be a desirable complement to the land-use portfolio, especially for farmers who are more profit-oriented and tolerant of risk.

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The Contribution of Agroforestry to Sustainable Development Goal 2: End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition, and Promote Sustainable Agriculture

Cited by 43 publications

References 38 publications

Influence of Duration of Agroforestry on Physico-Chemical Soil Quality Parameters in Machakos County, Kenya

Influence of Duration of Agroforestry on Physico-Chemical Soil Quality Parameters in Machakos County, Kenya

Agroforestry: An effective multi-dimensional mechanism for achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Which Socio-economic Conditions Drive the Selection of Agroforestry at the Forest Frontier?

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