Agroforestry, social forestry, community forestry, village forestry and farm forestry are all terms used to describe tree growing that is undertaken mainly outside gazetted forest areas. These terms are often used to describe very similar activities, but in theory they have slightly different meanings. Agroforestry is the term most often used in the extension context in Kenya. Agroforestry is a land-use system in which trees or shrubs are grown in association with agricultural crops, pastures or livestock. This integration of trees and shrubs in the land-use system can be either a spatial arrangement, e.g. trees growing in a field at the same time as the crop, or in a time sequence, e.g. shrubs grown on a fallow for restoration of soil fertility.
Publication year
2003
Authors
Dhliwayo P D; Mwenye D; Bhebhe E M
Language
English
Keywords
food processing, fruits, hygiene, indigenous forests, food security
Geographic
Kenya
