The paper reviews concepts and methods for studying tree-soil-crop interactions. It discusses an empirical approach to separate positive from negative interactions, and obtain a process-level understanding of the components. Descrives framework for the synthesis of component knowledge. It indicates that the final outcome of an agroforestry system for a specific farmer depends both on the nature (inherent plant qualities) and the nature (effects of the abiotic and biotic environment, farmer management) of the system.
Publication year
1998
Authors
Hairiah, D.K.; Cadisch G; van Noordwijk, M.; Lusiana, B.
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, alley cropping, crops, experimentation, gliricidia sepium, leucaena leucocephala, nitrogen, nutrient uptake
Geographic
Indonesia
