RESUMEN The Pejibaye palm ( Bactris gasipae H.B.K. ) was domesticated by the Amerindians as a part of their indigenous agroforestry systems . The multiple uses for its fruit make it an attractive food species and its potentially high ...

CHUDNOFF , M. Tropical Timbers of the World . U.S. Department of Agriculture . Forest Service . Agriculture Handbook 607. 1984 . 466 p . CLEMENT , C. The pejibaye palm ( Bactris gasipaes ) H.B.K. as an agroforestry potential species .

This analysis showed that the farmers ' traditional land use system consisted of slashing and burning the forest , raising one or a maximum of two cassava crops in the fertile ash , followed by abandonment for soil fertility recovering ...

further headway has been made with the sustainable development of regional agriculture , monocropping will even be possible , though the intensive use of capital may be required . However , these systems should play an increasingly ...

The most frequent perennial plants are : coffee , cocoa , sugarcane , peach palm , fruit trees , and some forest species . The latter in agroforestry systems provide shade , animal feed , fence posts , construction materials and at the ...

The most frequently used perennial crops are coffee , Cocoa , sugar cane , peach palm , fruits , and some forest species . Forest species in agroforestry systems provide shade and food for the livestock , fence posts , and building ...

Partners ( see Table 2 ) Agroforestry systems ( AFS ) for the production of annual crops on humid hillsides Hillside ... Principal species is coffee but cocoa , plantain and peach palm ( pejivalle ) are examples of potentially important ...

It is essential that varieties of promising species be available for the use of small and medium - scale farmers , to help ... several situations where trees are grown in association with crops or pastures ( agro - forestry systems ) .

New " and relatively fast expanding crops in the region are : dryland rice , pejibaye ( Bactris gasipaes ) — a fruit and " palm heart " producing native palm , ornamentals and fruit trees . A recently opened direct road to the capital ...

The inclusion of trees in cropping systems is being studied intensively in numerous tropical regions ( such as CATIE , Turrialba ) including possible agroforestry combinations . The use of perennial crops seems promising at first as ...