Agroforestry 1 , the topic of this public lecture, refers to the (re-) integration of agriculture and forestry. It includes trees on farms, farmers in the forests and the manifold interactions between agriculture and forestry as the basis of rural livelihoods, as components of landscapes, as sectors of the economy and as opportunities and challenges to achievement of sustainable development goals in general.For a long time the dominant paradigm was that the world would be a better place if ‘ forests ’ and ‘ agriculture ’ would be handled as separate domains of policy, institutions and disciplines for applied science. It’s time for that ‘theory of change’ to change itself. Coining the term agroforestry, some 40 years ago, has created some space to do so, as we will see, but more is needed
Publication year
2014
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, landscapes, agriculture, plant production
Geographic
Indonesia
