Roughly half the world’s arabica coffee-growing regions will become unsuitable for cultivation of the crop by 2050 due to the ...

Agroforestry is the intentional integration of trees into crop and livestock farming systems. It is not a new concept; many ...

Forests offer farmers a specialized area for growing all kinds of crops. Mushrooms are excellent in forest farming systems, ...

There's a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don't mix. But agroforestry can provide a multitude of benefits to farmers and landscapes. A new study provides a ...

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Farming communities in the western Ugandan highlands of Butanda have for generations practiced agroforestry, intercropping fruit, grains and vegetables with medicinal plants, trees and grasses on ...

The agroforestry is not only a source of protection of natural forest in the country but also provides significant economic benefits to growers. This was stated in a recent study conducted by the ...

Food security (and insecurity, for that matter) have become buzzwords — with good reason. According to the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, approximately 85% to 90% of ...

Research published in the journal Conservation Letters highlights the importance of considering land-use history when evaluating the role that agroforestry plays in sustainability and conservation ...

Recent months have delivered a harvest of agroforestry funding news in the U.S., just as the season’s remaining crops ripened. The announcement of $60 million in support from the Department of ...