agroforestry farming Articles
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Male vs. female labour in an agroforestry system in the central highlands of Kenya: correcting the misconception
A study of male and female labour on food and cash crops was carried out in an agroforestry system in the Central Highlands of Kenya. The study tested the hypotheses that farmers concentrate most of their labour on crops with the highest gross margins whilst women concentrate most of their labour on food crops and males concentrate most of their labour on cash crops. A time allocation study was ...
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Boris Johnson sets out his ten-point green plan
Where are food and farming in the ten-point green plan? Along with colleagues across the environmental movement, I have been anticipating Boris Johnson’s Green Speech today, where he set out a 10-point plan for how the UK will meet Net-Zero. All eyes were on the landmark new commitment to bring forward the ban on petrol and diesel car sales to 2030. But where were food and farming? If we ...
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Climate and Economic Benefits of Agroforestry Systems
Introduction Agriculture is well known as a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, but emerging practices in land management have the potential to curtail these emissions and reverse much of the ecological and climate harm caused by overly intensive systems. One such practice, cultivation and conservation of trees in agricultural practices, or agroforestry, is an important ...
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Assessing agroforestry`s advantages
Agroforestry, the deliberate placement of trees into crop and livestock operations, can help capture substantial amounts of carbon on agricultural lands while providing production and conservation benefits. However, we currently lack tools for accurately estimating current and projected carbon values in these systems. In North America, windbreaks are an effective carbon-capturing option. Only ...
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