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Adoption of agroforestry innovations in the tropics: A review
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In this article, the authors reviewed the theoretical and empirical literature that has developed during the past decade analyzing agroforestry adoption from a variety of perspectives and identified needed future research.Abstract:
The period since the early 1990s has witnessed an explosion of research on the adoption of agroforestry innovations in the tropics. Much of this work was motivated by a perceived gap between advances in agroforestry science and the success of agroforestry-based development programs and projects. Achieving the full promise of agroforestry requires a fundamental understanding of how and why farmers make long-term land-use decisions and applying this knowledge to the design, development, and ‘marketing’ of agroforestry innovations. This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature that has developed during the past decade analyzing agroforestry adoption from a variety of perspectives and identifies needed future research. Much progress has been made, especially in using binary choice regression models to assess influences of farm and household characteristics on adoption and in developing ex-ante participatory, on-farm research methods for analyzing the potential adoptability of agroforestry innovations. Additional research-needs that have been identified include developing a better understanding of the role of risk and uncertainty, insights into how and why farmers adapt and modify adopted systems, factors influencing the intensity of adoption, village-level and spatial analyses of adoption, the impacts of disease such as AIDS and malaria on adoption, and the temporal path of adoption.read more
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Prevalence, economic contribution, and determinants of trees on farms across Sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used data from the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture in five countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Selection of native trees for intercropping with coffee in the Atlantic Rainforest biome
Helton Nonato de Souza,Helton Nonato de Souza,Irene Maria Cardoso,José Martins Fernandes,Flávia Cristina Pinto Garcia,Verônica Rocha Bonfim,Alvori C. Santos,Anôr Fiorini de Carvalho,Eduardo de Sá Mendonça +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a participatory trial with agroforestry coffee systems was carried out in Brazil, where the main farmers' criteria for selecting tree species were compatibility with coffee, amount of biomass, production and the labour needed for tree management.
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Agroforestry as a pathway to agricultural yield impacts in climate-smart agriculture investments: Evidence from southern Malawi
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed maize yield effects of agroforestry within a large CSA project, funded by the US Agency for International Development and implemented from 2009 to 2014 in southern Malawi.
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Understanding patterns of tree adoption on farms in semi-arid and sub-humid Ethiopia
Miyuki Iiyama,Abayneh Derero,Kaleb Kelemu,Catherine Muthuri,Ruth Kinuthia,Ermias Ayenkulu,Evelyn Kiptot,Kiros Meles Hadgu,Jeremias Mowo,Fergus Sinclair,Fergus Sinclair +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a set of composite variables that represent distinctive patterns of tree cover on farms were derived from principal component analysis and Pearson correlation analysis, which revealed two major tree adoption strategies: farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR) of trees to meet subsistence needs as well as contributing to other ecosystem services; and, high value agroforestry involving planted trees used largely to produce fruits, timber and fodder.
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Identifying important biophysical and social determinants of on-farm tree growing in subsistence-based traditional agroforestry systems
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified key factors in on-farm tree growing based on investigation of traditional agroforestry using logistic regression approach and developed a composite model by combining biophysical and social factors.
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