The integrated farming system is an environmentally friendly and cost‐effective approach to the sustainability of agri‐food systems in the modern era of the changing …

R Bhagat, SS Walia, K Sharma, R Singh… - Food and Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The integrated farming system (IFS) is a holistic farming approach specially designed for
small/marginal farmers to enhance the system productivity, profitability, and employment …

Shaping pollinator diversity through coffee agroforestry management: A meta‐analytical approach

D Centeno‐Alvarado, AV Lopes… - Insect Conservation and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinator diversity plays an important role in improving the resilience of pollination services.
However, agricultural intensification is causing declines in pollinator diversity. Such losses …

[HTML][HTML] Pollination knowledge among local farmers in Northern Tanzania and the role of traditional agroforestry practices in promoting pollinator forage plants

N Kingazi, RA Temu, A Sirima, M Jonsson - … and Sustainability Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Pollination services by insects contribute strongly to food security and ecosystem stability.
However, especially in Africa, little is known about farmer's knowledge and awareness of …

Haitian coffee agroforestry systems harbor complex arabica variety mixtures and under-recognized genetic diversity

CP Millet, C Allinne, T Vi, P Marraccini, L Verleysen… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Though facing significant challenges, coffee (Coffea arabica) grown in Haitian agroforestry
systems are important contributors to rural livelihoods and provide several ecosystem …

Seeing the Trees Without the Forest: What and How can Agroforestry and Urban Forestry Learn from Each Other?

R Sousa-Silva, M Feurer, C Morhart, JP Sheppard… - Current Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Agroforestry and urban forestry have evolved mainly as
separate disciplines, although they share a long history of tree cultivation in man-made …

Tropical agroforestry supports insect pollinators and improves bean yield

N Kingazi, RA Temu, A Sirima… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pollination services contribute to crop productivity worldwide, but insect pollinators are
declining in most agricultural landscapes, mainly due to agricultural expansion and an …

Fruit set is moderately dependent on insect pollinators in strawberry and is limited by the availability of pollen under natural open conditions

CM Menzel - The Journal of Horticultural Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Modern strawberry (Fragaria× ananass a Duch.) cultivars are hermaphrodite and have fertile
flowers, with the anthers releasing viable pollen. Cultivars are self-compatible and do not …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of trees on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and grassland root biomass: Case study of two temperate silvopastoral systems

S Murray, B Avezaat, R Guilmot, AA Hogenboom… - Applied Soil …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite their importance for plant nutrient acquisition and inter-species interactions, the role
of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in tree-crop interactions in temperate silvopastoral …

Comparative pollinator conservation potential of coffee agroforestry relative to coffee monoculture and tropical rainforest in the DR Congo

J Depecker, F Vandelook, K Jordaens… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2025 - Elsevier
Animal-pollination is crucial in the reproduction of many crops grown in the tropics, including
the self-incompatible Robusta coffee. Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner. is indigenous …

[PDF][PDF] Agroforestry: an avenue for resilient and productive farming through integrated crops and livestock production

NS Dissanayaka, SS Udumann… - Transitioning to zero …, 2023 - library.oapen.org
The global population is expected to reach approximately 9.7 billion by 2050, presenting a
significant challenge in terms of ensuring food security and eradicating hunger on a global …