Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

Агролесоводство

Lao PDR agroforestry farmer ©FAO/Chansamouth Keoboudsandy

В данном модуле представлен обзор агролесоводческих систем; кроме того, здесь разъясняется, как определить наиболее подходящую агролесоводческую систему и как такую систему разработать, адаптировать, сформировать и как ею управлять. Раздел о "благоприятных условиях" предназначен в первую очередь для директивных органов, включая национальные и местные органы власти. 

Basic knowledge

Agroforestry is the collective term for land-use systems and technologies in which woody perennials (e.g. trees, shrubs, palms or bamboos) and agricultural crops or animals are used deliberately on the same parcel of land in some form of spatial and temporal arrangement. Agroforestry can also be defined as a dynamic, ecologically based natural resource management system that, through the integration of trees on farms and in agricultural landscapes or through the production of agricultural products in forests, diversifies and sustains production for increased economic, social and environmental benefits for land users.

Agroforestry has been practised for a very long time in many parts of the world. Its forms vary considerably from landscape to landscape, country to country, and region to region, depending on human needs and capabilities and the prevailing environmental, cultural and socioeconomic conditions. Among the agroforestry systems used worldwide are improved fallows; taungya; homegardens; alley cropping; growing multipurpose trees and shrubs in farmlands; boundary planting; farm woodlots; orchards and tree gardens; tree plantations; shelterbelts; windbreaks; conservation hedges; fodder banks; live fences; silvopastoral systems; and apiculture with trees.

Agroforestry systems are multifunctional systems that can provide a wide range of economic, sociocultural and environmental benefits. Agroforestry can be particularly important for smallholder farmers because it generates diverse products and services on a limited land area. Agroforestry systems also have limitations, and a careful analysis should be carried out before their introduction.

In more depth

Agroforestry outcomes may differ considerably depending on the system deployed and the conditions under which it is put into effect. Guidance is particularly important during the process of deciding which agroforestry system to use in light of prevailing economic, social and environmental conditions.

Establishing and managing agroforestry systems

The following steps should be taken in the adoption of an agroforestry system.

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