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Definition of agroforestry revisited

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groforestryhasbeendefinedinseveralways(Nair1989).ICRAF'scurrentdefinitionis acollectivenameforland-usesystemsandpracticesinwhichwoodyperen-nialsaredeliberatelyintegratedwithcropsand/oranimalsonthesameland-managementunit.Theintegra-tioncanbeeitherina spatialmixtureorintemporalsequence.Therearenormallybothecologicalandeco-nomicinteractionsbetweenthewoodyandnon-woodycomponentsinagroforestry.
    Publication year

    1996

    Authors

    Leakey, R.

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    agroforestry

    Geographic

    Kenya

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