If you liked this story, share it with other people. Agroforestry is an agricultural technique that combines growing trees alongside shrubs, crops and livestock in a system that produces food, ...

Agroforestry encompasses a suite of land‐use practices that deliberately integrate trees, shrubs and crops or livestock on the same parcel of land. Smallholder farmers deploy approaches such as ...

“There’s nothing more simple or effective than a tree for sinking carbon, especially in places where we’ve been killing soils and releasing carbon for a long time,” enthuses Kaitie Adams. As director ...

Tajikistan is a dry and mountainous country where agroforestry is increasingly stabilizing soils degraded by decades of overgrazing, while growing food and providing cover for wildlife. “Alley ...

Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador. Morley Read/Shutterstock “Agroforestry” – the practice of having trees as part of farms – is as old as agriculture itself. But as a ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening.

Climate resilient agroforestry is expected to reduce the risks of crop failure due to drought and pest infestation, increase crop quantity and quality, diversify goods and commodities, improve the use ...