Knowra Agroforestry Agroforestry Agroforestry is a land-use system that deliberately combines trees or other woody perennials with crops, livestock, or both on the same land. Its arrangements are designed to produce goods while shaping interactions among the components.
Silvopasture : A land-use system that combines trees, forage, and grazing livestock on the same land. It shows how agroforestry can integrate trees with livestock and pasture.
Forest farming : The cultivation of specialty crops beneath an existing or planted forest canopy. It applies agroforestry to shade-tolerant products such as medicinal plants and mushrooms.
Carbon sequestration : The capture and long-term storage of carbon in plants, soils, or other reservoirs. Woody biomass and soil changes can store carbon in agroforestry landscapes.
Monoculture : The cultivation of a single crop or species over a given area or production cycle. Agroforestry deliberately mixes woody perennials with other farm components rather than relying on one crop.
Traditional ecological knowledge : Knowledge developed by communities through long-term observation, practice, and transmission across generations. Many agroforestry practices arise from locally maintained knowledge of trees, crops, and landscapes.
Alley cropping : A system that grows crops in alleys between rows of trees or shrubs. Its row arrangement illustrates how woody plants and crops share a field.
Homegarden : A small, diverse production system around a home that combines multiple useful plants and sometimes animals. Homegardens are compact agroforestry systems supplying varied household needs.
Biodiversity : The variety of life across genes, species, and ecosystems. Adding woody structure can create habitat and diversify farm landscapes.
Agroecology : The study and practice of applying ecological principles to food and farming systems. Agroforestry is a land-use approach often used within broader agroecological practice.
J. Russell Smith : An American geographer and educator who advocated tree-based farming in the early twentieth century. His 1929 book Tree Crops promoted perennial crops as alternatives to erosion-prone cultivation.
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