The succes of agroforestry as a land-use management system depends, among other things, on quality planting materials for optimum production. Recent developments in technology present various alternatives to producing such planting materials. Of these, the combination of biotechnology with indigenous or traditional propagation techniques have gained wide aceptance and, through practice, have proven essential in seed technology, and nursery establishement and management.
Publication year
1998
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, nursery raising, seedlings, seeds, technology
