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Subject listing for: Multi-purpose Trees |
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Published by ECHO, this on-line book covers a variety of subjects including agricultural development, multi-purpose trees, farming systems and gardening techniques, intercropping, green manures and cover crops. Free user ID necessary to access site.
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This is a case study of a project in Vicosa, Brazil intercropping coffee, fruit trees, corn, beans, and sugarcane.
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This site contains an article from a FACT Sheet on multipurpose trees that discusses potential uses of tree species Erythrina poeppigiana, including shade for coffee and cacao, living fence posts,: forage, and fuel wood. Also mentioned is its potential as an alley cropping species.
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This article discusses the establishment and mangagement of fodder banks for small scale farming systems. It includes references for further reading.
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Reprinted on the Purdue University (USA) Website, this on-line book contains information on over 100 fruit species, including plant descriptions, origins, climate and soil requirements, grower information, uses and more.
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Hojas informativas de Winrock sobre una variedad de especies útiles para agroforestería.
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Esta página da una lista de los especies agroforestales disponibles de Proyecto Nuevos Bosques.
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This article discusses the production of tree seeds. It explores site selection, orchard establishment, record keeping,and seed harvesting and handling techniques.
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This site contains abstracts for seven papers presented at the 1996 QFRI - IUFRO Conference in Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
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This site is the World Agroforestry Centre's directory of sources of seeds and microsymbionts. From this site you can search the directory and order seeds online.
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This is a guest article for FACT Net News. It discusses the idea that perhaps too much emphasis has been placed on low value products of multipurpose trees over the last 25 years. The author feels that this emphasis on multipurpose trees has taken too much focus away from fruit trees, timber species, and other potential high value production from agroforests.
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