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Abstract. Integration
of woody species with annual crops in agroforestry (AF) systems
can enhance sustainability of production systems in the humid
and subhumid tropics under low-input conditions. Agroforestry
has short-term and long-term protective and socioeconomic benefits.
The various agroforestry systems can be classified based on the
main component of the systems, their structural arrangements,
and based also on their functional attributes and socioeconomic
scale of management and input use. Stable indigenous and prototype
agroforestry systems suitable for humid and subhumid regions
are available. However, they need wider testing and use. |