Forests offer farmers a specialized area for growing all kinds of crops. Mushrooms are excellent in forest farming systems, ...
Agroforestry is the intentional integration of trees into crop and livestock farming systems. It is not a new concept; many ...
Recent months have delivered a harvest of agroforestry funding news in the U.S., just as the season’s remaining crops ripened. The announcement of $60 million in support from the Department of ...
There's a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don't mix. But agroforestry can provide a multitude of benefits to farmers and landscapes. A new study provides a ...
Food security (and insecurity, for that matter) have become buzzwords — with good reason. According to the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, approximately 85% to 90% of ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. “There is a windfall of federal money entering the agroforestry sector. After 30-plus years of work on agroforestry in the United States, the ...
Mali does not have a stand-alone, designated national policy or strategy to support and promote agroforestry. This report identifies barriers to agroforestry adoption, acknowledging that policy is one ...
Gardeners are tucking the last of their plants away for the winter and will soon again be dreaming of springtime. Once seed catalogs start hitting mailboxes, the buzz of verdant backyards and blooming ...
The stereotypical picture of American farmland probably looks a lot like this: rolling hills lined with rows upon rows of singular crops, perfectly spaced out for machinery to cultivate, harvest and ...
SCALING UP agroforestry could provide a boost to Philippine climate resiliency while raising farm incomes, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. In a December paper, the ADB said agroforestry, which ...