Agroforestry – the practice of growing trees and crops in interacting combinations – is recognized the world over as an integrated approach to sustainable land-use. Agroforestry systems, being multifunctional, facilitate not only the production of food and wood products but also provide a variety of ecosystem services such as climate-change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, and soil quality improvement. This course teaches a broad overview of the most current research and best practices in global agroforestry.
Agroforestry I: Principles and Practices
Agroforestry I: Principles and Practices
This course is part of Agroforestry Specialization
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RK
Reviewed on Aug 26, 2024
Thanks Prof Nair, It was comprehensive learning about agroforestry and you are right that Indonesia still have "kebun talun".
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Reviewed on Jan 8, 2026
Excellent synthesis on global Agroforestry Principles and Practices.
KH
Reviewed on Feb 5, 2024
This course is outside my expertise so I appreciated the depth of the information which was well presented. I am going to take the rest of the Agroforestry courses.
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