Agroforestry is a recent science for a very old practice. It is a collective name for land-use systems and technologies in which woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palms ... ) are deliberately combined, in space or time, with crops and/or livestock to obtain profitable ecological and economic interactions. (ICRAF, 1987).
D&D is a methodology for the diagnosis of land management. problems and design of agroforestry solutions. It was developed by ICRAF to assist agroforestry researchers and development fleldworkers to plan and implement effective research and development projects.
ICRAF defines agroforestry as the practice and science of the interface and interactions between agriculture and forestry, involving farmers, livestock, trees and forests at multiple scales. Agroforestry is one of the most multi-disciplinary sciences which deals with a whole gamut of important aspects of human life.
The importance of agroforestry
The focus of our agroforestry research is the evaluation of a range of agroforestry systems (including both crops and livestock) in terms of their productivity, environmental and economic impacts, and their potential for agri-environmental policy.
International Council for Research in Agroforestry
The International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) was created in response to a visionary study in the mid-1970s led by forester John Bene of Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
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Agroforestry is a recent science for a very old practice. It is a collective name for land-use systems and technologies in which woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palms ... ) are deliberately combined, in space or time, with crops and/or livestock to obtain profitable ecological and economic interactions. (ICRAF, 1987).
D&D is a methodology for the diagnosis of land management. problems and design of agroforestry solutions. It was developed by ICRAF to assist agroforestry researchers and development fleldworkers to plan and implement effective research and development projects.
ICRAF defines agroforestry as the practice and science of the interface and interactions between agriculture and forestry, involving farmers, livestock, trees and forests at multiple scales. Agroforestry is one of the most multi-disciplinary sciences which deals with a whole gamut of important aspects of human life.
The importance of agroforestry
The focus of our agroforestry research is the evaluation of a range of agroforestry systems (including both crops and livestock) in terms of their productivity, environmental and economic impacts, and their potential for agri-environmental policy.
International Council for Research in Agroforestry
The International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) was created in response to a visionary study in the mid-1970s led by forester John Bene of Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC).