FTA Highlight No.7 – Trees on Farms to Improve Livelihoods and the Environment

Trees are found in forests and outside the forest. Trees outside the forest are located in urban areas, on farms, and in natural plant formations that do not conform to the definition of forest (e.g. those in arid environments that do not meet minimum tree cover thresholds). Trees on farms (TonF) ar...

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Autores principales: Somarriba, E., López Sampson, A., Sepúlveda, N., García, E., Sinclair, F.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118049
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author Somarriba, E.
López Sampson, A.
Sepúlveda, N.
García, E.
Sinclair, F.
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López Sampson, A.
Sepúlveda, N.
Sinclair, F.
Somarriba, E.
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López Sampson, A.
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García, E.
Sinclair, F.
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description Trees are found in forests and outside the forest. Trees outside the forest are located in urban areas, on farms, and in natural plant formations that do not conform to the definition of forest (e.g. those in arid environments that do not meet minimum tree cover thresholds). Trees on farms (TonF) are dispersed in pastures or crop fields, in linear features (live fences, windbreaks, farm boundaries and internal divisions, on the sides of roads and watercourses), in patches or in regular plantation arrangements, solitary or in groups, with regular or variable density. Numerous studies have documented the abundance and importance of TonF to farmers’ livelihoods and to the environment. However, TonF are: 1) “invisible” to and absent from the legal/institutional/policy/value chains/education/rural extension frameworks of most countries; and 2) suboptimally designed and managed. These factors prevent farmers, the private sector, and governments from fully realizing the potential of trees on farms.
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spelling CGSpace1180492025-08-15T13:21:06Z FTA Highlight No.7 – Trees on Farms to Improve Livelihoods and the Environment Somarriba, E. López Sampson, A. Sepúlveda, N. García, E. Sinclair, F. livelihoods trees agroforestry systems Trees are found in forests and outside the forest. Trees outside the forest are located in urban areas, on farms, and in natural plant formations that do not conform to the definition of forest (e.g. those in arid environments that do not meet minimum tree cover thresholds). Trees on farms (TonF) are dispersed in pastures or crop fields, in linear features (live fences, windbreaks, farm boundaries and internal divisions, on the sides of roads and watercourses), in patches or in regular plantation arrangements, solitary or in groups, with regular or variable density. Numerous studies have documented the abundance and importance of TonF to farmers’ livelihoods and to the environment. However, TonF are: 1) “invisible” to and absent from the legal/institutional/policy/value chains/education/rural extension frameworks of most countries; and 2) suboptimally designed and managed. These factors prevent farmers, the private sector, and governments from fully realizing the potential of trees on farms. 2021-12-28 2022-02-11T04:54:48Z 2022-02-11T04:54:48Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118049 en Open Access CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry Somarriba, E., López-Sampson, A., Sepúlveda, N., García, E. and Sinclair, F. 2021. Trees on Farms to Improve Livelihoods and the Environment. FTA Highlights of a Decade 2011-2021 series. Highlight No. 7. Bogor, Indonesia: The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA). https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/008217
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López Sampson, A.
Sepúlveda, N.
García, E.
Sinclair, F.
FTA Highlight No.7 – Trees on Farms to Improve Livelihoods and the Environment
title FTA Highlight No.7 – Trees on Farms to Improve Livelihoods and the Environment
title_full FTA Highlight No.7 – Trees on Farms to Improve Livelihoods and the Environment
title_fullStr FTA Highlight No.7 – Trees on Farms to Improve Livelihoods and the Environment
title_full_unstemmed FTA Highlight No.7 – Trees on Farms to Improve Livelihoods and the Environment
title_short FTA Highlight No.7 – Trees on Farms to Improve Livelihoods and the Environment
title_sort fta highlight no 7 trees on farms to improve livelihoods and the environment
topic livelihoods
trees
agroforestry systems
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