Introduction Root competition is a major obstacle to the development of agroforestry systems . ... the root system of the tree component can be manipulated to reduce overlap with the root system of the associated crop , an approach that ...

Forest Ecology and Management 148 : 185-206 . Haggar , J ; Ayala , A ; Diaz , B ; Reyes , C. 2001. Participatory design of agroforestry systems : developing farmer participatory research methods in Mexico . Development in Practice 11 ...

This spatial distribution is consistent with the assumption that trees improve capture or utilisation of growth resources . Such array has been observed for agroforestry systems with annual crops ( Jonsson et al . , 1988 ; Hairiah et al ...

Land use Secondary forest Young tree garden Mature tree garden Corn field Compost bed 4 4 5 46 41 41 39 39 50 56 56 56 56 ... Most agroforestry systems developed as an intensification of the shifting cultivation system ( Raintree and ...

CR - INFORAT SAMPER , A. The present and potential role of agroforestry in South and Central America . ( En ) . In ICRAF , Nairobi ( Kenia ) ... CR - INFORAT 30376 BOREL , R. Agroforestry system interactions : man - tree - crop - animal .

Clearly , a complex of resource management problems hinders the development of satisfactory integrated farming or agroforestry systems . If trees and crops are to be " re - united " , even to their former extent in well managed swidden ...

Improving rumen fermentation and milk production with legume - tree fodder in the tropics . Agroforestry Systems 51 ( 2 ) : 157-166 . ... Participatory design of agro- forestry systems : developing farmer participatory research methods ...

Partners ( see Table 2 ) Agroforestry systems ( AFS ) for the production of annual crops on humid hillsides Hillside ... governing tree / crop growth and individual tree / crop and stand development , as a basis for process models .