Agroecological techniques: adoption of safe and sustainable agricultural practices among the smallholder farmers in Africa

AO Akanmu, AM Akol, DO Ndolo, FR Kutu… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Attaining sufficiency in food supply to support a growing population without compromising
ecosystem functioning remains a top agenda of researchers and agricultural stakeholders …

Nitrogen dynamics in agroforestry systems. A review

DG Kim, ME Isaac - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2022 - Springer
Agroforestry is an agricultural diversification practice that purposefully grows trees together
with crops and/or animals. Nitrogen (N) plays a pivotal role in the sustainability and …

The future of food: Domestication and commercialization of indigenous food crops in Africa over the third decade (2012–2021)

RRB Leakey, ML Tientcheu Avana, NP Awazi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper follows the transition from ethnobotany to a deeper scientific understanding of the
food and medicinal properties of African agroforestry tree products as inputs into the start of …

Modification of the microclimate and water balance through the integration of trees into temperate crop** systems

SR Jacobs, H Webber, W Niether, K Grahmann… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change scenarios predict an increased occurrence of droughts and heatwaves, as
well as extreme rainfall events in Central Europe. Alley crop**, which is the inclusion of …

Climate-smart agriculture technologies and determinants of farmers' adoption decisions in the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia

T Sisay, K Tesfaye, M Ketema, N Dechassa, M Getnet - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Agriculture is a sector that is very vulnerable to the effects of climate change while
contributing to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere …

Competition, stress and benefits: Trees and crops in the transition zone of a temperate short rotation alley crop** agroforestry system

A Swieter, M Langhof, J Lamerre - Journal of Agronomy and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tree strips on agricultural production sites offer many economic, ecological and social
advantages. However, the introduction of trees creates a transition zone between tree strips …

Seeing the Trees Without the Forest: What and How can Agroforestry and Urban Forestry Learn from Each Other?

R Sousa-Silva, M Feurer, C Morhart, JP Sheppard… - Current Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Agroforestry and urban forestry have evolved mainly as
separate disciplines, although they share a long history of tree cultivation in man-made …

Analysis of the impacts of climate change on agriculture in Angola: Systematic literature review

CDN Correia, M Amraoui, JA Santos - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
The changing global climate, characterized by rising surface air temperatures, shifting
precipitation patterns, and heightened occurrences of extreme weather events, is anticipated …

[HTML][HTML] A quantitative appraisal of selected agroforestry studies in the Sub-Saharan Africa

K Muthee, L Duguma, C Majale, M Mucheru-Muna… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
The multiple ecosystem services and livelihood assets development challenges facing the
world, including climate change, land degradation, and high poverty levels, have …

Agroforestry systems and their contribution to supplying forest products to communities in the Chure range, Central Nepal

D Khadka, A Aryal, KP Bhatta, BP Dhakal, H Baral - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Agroforestry (AF), an integration of agricultural and/or pastureland and trees, is a powerful
tool for the maximization of profit from a small unit of land; however, it has been less well …