{"product_id":"tropical-agroforestry-isbn-9780632040476","title":"Tropical Agroforestry","description":"Agroforestry is the cultivation, by farmers, of trees or other woody plants with crops or pasture. Its scientific study is attracting great interest and increasing funding because of its potential to produce sustainable agricultural systems and agroforestry is now included in most university and college courses covering land use subjects. \u003ci\u003eTropical Agroforestry\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book that provides an analytical account of the principles, as well as the practices, of agroforestry within the context of the needs of land occupiers and, in so doing, describes the various specialist aspects that are now emerging as part of this discipline. The main objective throughout the book is to present, in a readable way, the underlying functional basis of woody\/non-woody plant mixtures and to give a balanced account of how agroforestry can contribute to sustainable production from land. Understanding the biology of multipurpose trees is a key to this.  Preface.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Nature of Agroforestry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Need for Agroforestry?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Agroforestry and the Farmer: Why Use Woody Plants?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Animal Agroforestry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Agroforestry and Soil and Water Conservation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Pros and Cons of 'Woodiness'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Learning from Growing Crops.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Agroforestry and the Use of Environmental Resources: the 'Promise' of Agroforestry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Plant Spacing and Arrangement: an Essential Management Tool.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Resource Allocation in Plants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Tree-Crop Interface: a Key to Biological Success or Failure in Agroforestry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Competition and Complementarity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Measuring the Efficiency of Agroforestry Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Trees in Support of Agriculture: More About Trees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Classifying Multipurpose Trees: What Are Functional Types?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Phenology: Understanding Plant Behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Form and Nature of Root Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Pruning and Tree Management: Some Practical Aspects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Helpful Associations: Soil Biota, Nitrogen Fixing Organisms and Mycorrhizas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Propagation, Planting Out and Tree Protection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection V.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 'Patchiness': Living in the Real World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Trees and their Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Agroforestry and Site Modification: Nutrient Recycling and Soil Organic Matter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Agroforestry and Sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection VI.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Introducing the Philosophy and Practice of Agroforestry Research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Agroforestry Field Experimentation: a First Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1 Some Characteristics of Trees (and Other Woody Perennials) for Consideration in Agroforestry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2 Some Equipment Used in Agroforestry Research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \"This book provides comprehensive analytical accounts of the principles as well as the political implications of agroforestry.\" (\u003ci\u003eAbstracts of Public Administration, Development and Environment\u003c\/i\u003e, 99\/00, p.42)  \u003cp\u003ePeter Huxley is the author of Tropical Agroforestry, published by Wiley.  Agroforestry is the cultivation, by farmers, of trees or other woody plants with crops or pasture. Its scientific study is attracting great interest and increasing funding because of its potential to produce sustainable agricultural systems and agroforestry is now included in most university and college courses covering land use subjects. \u003ci\u003eTropical Agroforestry\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book that provides an analytical account of the principles, as well as the practices, of agroforestry within the context of the needs of land occupiers and, in so doing, describes the various specialist aspects that are now emerging as part of this discipline. The main objective throughout the book is to present, in a readable way, the underlying functional basis of woody\/non-woody plant mixtures and to give a balanced account of how agroforestry can contribute to sustainable production from land. Understanding the biology of multipurpose trees is a key to this.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990414672101,"sku":"NP9780632040476","price":246.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780632040476.jpg?v=1761787734","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/tropical-agroforestry-isbn-9780632040476","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}