Shifting agriculture in the tropics has been replaced by sedentary smallholder farming on a
few hectares of degraded land. To address low yields and low income both, the soil fertility …

Agroecology calls for a global approach, integrating scientific, practical, and advocacy
dimensions, to redesign agricultural systems based on ecological and socio-cultural …

Current food systems are challenged by relying on a few input-intensive, staple crops. The
prioritization of yield and the loss of diversity during the recent history of domestication has …

This paper follows the transition from ethnobotany to a deeper scientific understanding of the
food and medicinal properties of African agroforestry tree products as inputs into the start of …

Products and services provided by trees in forests and farmland support the needs and
promote the wellbeing of hundreds of millions of people in the tropics. Value depends on …

Swidden cultivation can contribute to deforestation and land degradation, which can
subsequently result in a number of serious environmental problems. This paper examines …

Agroforestry systems (AFS) have attracted special attention in climate change mitigation and
adaptation (M&A) discussions. Various reports on carbon (C) sequestration (and therefore …

Abstract Globally, 1.5 billion people use or trade non-timber forest products (NTFPs) with the
majority of NTFP use and trade occurring at local and regional scales, generally invisible to …

To address the issues of food insecurity within the context of land degradation, extreme
poverty and social deprivation, this review seeks first to understand the main constraints to …

The argan tree, Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels, is a horticultural forestry species characterized
by its endemicity and adaptation to arid and semi-arid zones in the southwest of Morocco …