Tree products , like timber , fruit or fodder are therefore mostly regarded as by - products by the farmers . Nevertheless the by - products of sylvopastoral systems can represent a substantial value for the farm households ( Paap ...

The order is different because even if most of the farmers have pommecythere trees , cherry trees , lime trees ( ... ) , they usually have only a few of these trees , while they generally have bigger fields with mangoes , oranges ...

Percentage of timber and fodder tree species according to farm size in the four clusters . Timber trees were also more important than fodder trees for farms in Cluster 3 whereas fodder trees played a more important role for farmers in ...

In order to explore the patterns of tree cover , the importance of this tree cover for farm productivity , and the ... farm tree cover ( focused on isolated trees and live fences ) using vegetation surveys ; 3 ) the identification of ...

Single- Versus Multi - Purpose Tree Species Farmers tend to plant trees for multiple purposes , rather than a ... The exception is the farmer who is planting strictly for commercial purposes -- then , single - purpose trees may be ...

All the selected trees were considered by the farmers as high yielding . The number of pods on the trees at the time of bud wood collection ranged from 21 to 201. These pods were all apparently free of disease infections or 2pods / tree ...

This tree cover plays various roles on the farm by providing shade and forage to cattle as well as timber , firewood and other products ... The tree cover within these landscapes is dynamic and reflects farmer management decisions .