Agroforestry is gaining renewed momentum in Europe and globally as a nature-based solution to pressing environmental and socio-economic challenges.

“There’s nothing more simple or effective than a tree for sinking carbon, especially in places where we’ve been killing soils and releasing carbon for a long time,” enthuses Kaitie Adams. As director ...

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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 ...

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 ...

I once rented a pasture that adjoined a yard containing two apple and two pear trees. Every fall when the fruit ripened, the loaded trees would drop any blemished fruit early. The homeowner hated ...

Silvopasture, a portmanteau of the Latin words "silva" (forest) and "pastura" (grazing), is a form of agroforestry that the U.S. Department of Agriculture describes as "the deliberate integration of ...

Agroforestry is on the mind for Modern Farmer readers, who chimed in to ask for more coverage of how trees and shrubs can integrate into agricultural landscapes this year. As part of our recent ...

The Amazon rainforest represents one of the planet’s most vital ecosystems, acting as a critical regulator of the global climate, a major carbon sink, and a ...

The village of Bule is believed to be the birthplace of traditional “home garden” agroforestry in Ethiopia. Farmers here practice this ancient multi-storied agroforestry system — the growing of trees, ...

Because of the devastation of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, the agricultural industry has been aware of the impact of over-farming, over-grazing livestock and poor farming practices during drought ...