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Climate risk adaptation by smallholder farmers: the roles of trees and agroforestry by Lasco, Rodel, Delfino, R.J.P., Catacutan, D.C., Simelton, Elisabeth, Wilson DM

“…There is an increase in understanding of the benefits of agroforestry systems both at farm and landscape scales, and that incorporating trees on farms through agroforestry systems has emerged as having the potential to enhance the resilience of smallholders to current and future climate risks including future climate change. …”
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Economic opportunities for smallholders to combine pulpwood trees and food crops by Menz, K.M., Grist, P.

“…Input/output data from tree growing experiments in Southeast Asia were analysed within the framework of a model of a smallholder farm. …”
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Trees and water: smallholder agroforestry on irrigated lands in Northern India by Zomer, Robert J., Bossio, Deborah A., Trabucco, Antonio, Yuanjie, Li, Gupta, Diwan C., Singh, Virendra Pal

“…Trees are increasingly grown on-farm to supply wood and biomass needs within developing countries. …”
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Participatory domestication of agroforestry trees: An example from the Peruvian Amazon by Sotelo Montes, Carmen, Vidaurre Arévalo, Héctor, Weber, John C., Simons, Anthony, Dawson, Ian

“…Valuable tree genetic resources are declining around many farming communities in the Peruvian Amazon, limiting farmers' options for economic development. …”
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Grazing with trees: A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring drylands by Haddad, Fidaa, Herrera, Pedro, Besbes, Badi

“…The ‘Grazing with Trees’ report gives a thorough assessment of the positive role that optimized extensive grazing livestock farming can play in the management and restoration of drylands’ forests and lands with trees. …”
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Fruit Tree Based Agroforestry Restoring Landscapes, Livelihoods and Lives by Balbona, Harlyn, Manipol, Mitchelle Joy, Quiñones, Alyanna Joy, Locaba, Rico, Urdelas, Farah, Anunciado, Shiela, Hellin, Jon, Rayos, Loeul, Gonsalves, Julian

“…Agroforestry, a tree-based farming system, has emerged as an effective climate adaptation strategy for smallholder farmers. …”
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Shade tree species matter: sustainable cocoa-agroforestry management by Asitoakor, B.K., Rabild, A., Vaast, P., Ravn, H.P., Owusu, K., Mensah, E.O., Asare, R.

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Smallholders' Tree Planting Activity in the Ziro Province, Southern Burkina Faso: Impacts on Livelihood and Policy Implications by Etongo, D., Djenontin, I.N.S., Kanninen, M., Fobissie, K.

“…Preference for agriculture, tenure insecurity and lack of sufficient land were the main reasons cited for not planting trees. Farm households that were relatively poor, had smaller workforces and smaller farm sizes were not willing to continue tree planting. …”
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Alley farming in south-western Nigeria. The role of farming systems research in technology Development by Reynolds, L., Domenico, C.M. di, Atta-Krah, A.N., Cobbina, J.

“…Presents and discusses methods of diagnosing major constraints to crop & livestock production within the farming systems of south-west Nigeria. Examines the Development of the alley farming technology, implementation of on-farm trials, feedback from on-farm research which includes investigations in land tenure & availability, participation by women, agronomic practices, livestock feeding and tree management. …”
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Farming systems and food security in Africa: priorities for science and policy under global change by Dixon, J., Garrity, Dennis P., Boffa, Jean-Marc, Williams, Timothy O., Amede, Tilahun, Auricht, C., Lott, R., Mburathi, G.

Subjects: “…farming systems…”
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Farming secondary forests in Indonesia by Jong, W. de, Noordwijk, Meine van, Sirait, M., Liswanti, N.

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Regenerated trees in farmers’ fields increase soil carbon across the Sahel by Bayala, Jules, Sanou, J., Bazié, H.R., Coe, R., Kalinganire, A., Sinclair, Fergus L.

“…In the Sahel where farms usually have few sparse old trees with declining soil fertility, there is an ongoing re-greening process with increases in tree cover for which there is still a dearth of quantified information on its impacts on soil properties. …”
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Intercropping bananas with coffee and trees: Prototyping agroecological intensification by farmers and scientists by Staver, Charles, Bustamante, Oscar Enrique, Siles, Pablo, Aguilar, Carlos, Quinde, Karina, Castellón, Juan, Somarriba, Francisco, Tapia, Andrés, Brenes, Silvia, Deras, Marvin, Matute, Nelly

“…Across pilot zones, ‘Gros Michel’ was the most common cultivar, with banana mat density from 300 to 600 mats/ha with 950 to 1200 pseudostems/ha. Tree density varied from 150 to 550 trees/ha with available light ranging from 50 to 70%, and from 35 to 45% for banana and coffee. …”
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A rapid tree diversity assessment method for cocoa agroforestry systems by Raneri, Jessica Evelyn, Oliveira, Sandra, Demers, Nicole R., Asare, Richard, Nuamah, Seth, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Weise, Stephan F.

“…Cocoa agro-forests include tree species besides cocoa, a practice beneficial to biodiversity, ecosystem conservation and farming households. …”
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Agroforestry with N2-fixing trees: Sustainable development's friend or foe? by Rosenstock, Todd S., Tully, Katherine L., Arias Navarro, Cristina, Neufeldt, Henry, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Verchot, Louis V.

“…Legume tree-based farming systems sit at a crucial nexus of agroecological sustainability. …”
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Farmers’ perceptions about exotic multipurpose fodder trees and constraints to their adoption by Mekoya, A., Oosting, Simon J., Fernández Rivera, S., Zijpp, A.J. van der

“…Many organizations in Ethiopia have for many years promoted exotic multipurpose fodder trees (EMPFT) for livestock feed and soil improvement. …”
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Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges by Lapeña, I., Turdieva, M.K., López Noriega, Isabel, Ayad, W.G., Bioversity International

“…Central Asia is one of the most important centres of origin for temperate fruit species, and enjoys very rich specific and intraspecific diversity of fruit trees. Apple, apricot, peach, pear, plum, grape, almond, pistachio, pomegranate, and fig are among the best known crops cultivated in the region, where the diverse and extreme natural and climatic conditions have helped farmers produce varieties adaptable to drought and resistant to a number of environmental stress factors. …”
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FTA Highlight No.12 – Adaptation to Climate Change with Forests, Trees and Agroforestry by Meybeck, A., Licona Manzur, C., Gitz, V., Dawson, Ian K., Martius, C., Kindt, R., Louman, B., Djoudi, H., Duguma, L.A., Somarriba, E., Duchelle, Amy E., Gebrekirstos, Aster, Jamnadass, Ramni, Kettle, Christopher J., Lamanna, C., Minang, Peter A., Murdiyarso, D., Sinclair, F., Thomas, R.P.

“…Second, forests, trees and agroforestry resources are vital to the livelihoods of forest dependent-people and the adaptation of other sectors, and to rural to urban communities overall, starting with agricultural systems and farming households, from local to continental scale, given the effects of trees and forests on local climate, the water cycle, and the provision of resources, products and ecosystem services, which are vital for many people. …”
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ShadeMotion: tree shade patterns in coffee and cocoa agroforestry systems by Somarriba, Eduardo, Quesada Chaverri, Francisco, y 3 autores más

“…Shade trees in coffee and cocoa agroforestry systems provide valuable livelihoods and other ecosystem services. …”
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Characterizing farm households in Surkhet, Western Nepal, through a quantitative farming systems typology by Zepeda, Adair, Cheesman, Stephanie, Neupane, Nilhari, Shrestha, Nirman, Shrestha, Ram Narayan, Amjath-Babu, T. S., Karki, Saral, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Krupnik, Timothy J., López Ridaura, Santiago

“…The analytical process is structured to support the establishment of sustainable and productive mixed crop-livestock-tree farming systems.…”
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