The ecological principles that define the competitive and complementary interactions among
trees, crops, and fauna in agroforestry systems have received considerable research …

Background and aims Agroforestry systems combining trees with crops or pastures have
been widely used to reduce water, soil, and nutrient losses and associated water pollution …

Windbreaks are a major component of successful agricultural systems throughout the world.
The focus of this chapter is on temperate-zone, commercial, agricultural systems in North …

Windbreaks are an agroforestry practice used to provide simultaneous economic,
environmental and social benefits that occur when trees are deliberately integrated into an …

Climate change scenarios predict an increased occurrence of droughts and heatwaves, as
well as extreme rainfall events in Central Europe. Alley cropping, which is the inclusion of …

Abstract Information on carbon (C) sequestration potential of agroforestry practices (AP) is
needed to develop economically beneficial and ecologically and environmentally …

Faced with the growing problems of climate change, ecosystem degradation, declining
agricultural productivity, and uncertain food security, modern agricultural scientists look for …

This study provides the first complete framework for the valuation of ecosystem services of
agroforestry and uses a tree-based intercropping (TBI) system in southern Québec, Canada …

Summary Agroforestry in the United States and Canada is driven by sustainable
development and growth in the “green” marketplace, which in turn will positively affect rural …

Vertical bifacial solar photovoltaic (PV) racking systems offer the opportunity for large-scale
agrivoltaics to be employed at farms producing field crops with conventional farming …