Agroforestry is about integrated agricultural systems inwhich trees play a prominent role.Agroforestry canprovide a variety of functions or benefits for farmers andcommunities.The most easily identifiable are the tree productsconsumed by humans: fuelwood, timber, poles, fruits, medicines,and resins.A second group of benefits consists of the servicesprovided by trees to other agricultural activities of the farmer:fodder, green manure, shade, soil conservation, and stakes.Athird group includes the communitywide or even global benefitsfrom agroforestry systems: biodiversity, watershed protection,carbon sequestration, and microclimate regulation. In this brief,we explore the role that social institutions—specificallyproperty rights and collective action—may play in the developmentof agroforestry.
Publication year
2022
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, collective farming, development, living standards, property rights
