Soil degradation is a global concern, decreasing the soil's ability to perform a multitude of
functions. In Europe, one of the leading causes of soil degradation is unsustainable …

Agroforestry systems comprise trees and crops, or trees and pastures within the same field.
Globally, they cover approximately 1 billion hectares of land and contribute to the livelihoods …

The contribution of agroforestry systems (AFS) to enhance soil organic carbon (SOC)
storage in soil layers due to the presence of deep tree roots are of interest in the context of …

Land degradation is one of the most important factors responsible for the alarming situation
of food security, human health, and socioeconomic development in the country. Currently …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

Integrated farming systems are sustainable strategies to intensify land productivity by
combining annual crop, livestock and/or forestry activities in different spatio-temporal …

Intensively managed open croplands are highly productive but often have deleterious
environmental impacts. Temperate agroforestry potentially improves ecosystem functions …

The practice of intercropping, which involves growing more than one crop simultaneously
during the same growing season, is becoming more important for increasing soil quality …

The objective of our work was to evaluate soil quality in different cacao agroforestry systems
(AFS) in the Colombian Amazon. We compared soil quality of AFS at the study site with soil …

Agroforestry systems (AFS) are considered to be a sustainable agricultural practice, as they
deliver a wide range of ecosystem services (ES) while maintaining (agricultural) primary …