Agroforestry is increasingly being recognized as a holistic food production system that can
have numerous significant environmental, economic, and social benefits. This growing …

Agriculture faces the unprecedented task of feeding a world population of 9 billion people by
2050 while simultaneously avoiding harmful environmental and social effects. One effort to …

Windbreaks are a major component of successful agricultural systems throughout the world.
The focus of this chapter is on temperate-zone, commercial, agricultural systems in North …

In temperate Europe alley cropping systems which integrate strips of short rotation coppices
into conventional agricultural fields (ACS) are receiving increasing attention. These systems …

Alley cropping is an agroforestry system that offers a promising land use alternative for the
temperate zone. On the same field, the sustainable production of food and biomass is …

In north western Europe, agricultural systems are generally managed to maximize the
potential delivery of provisioning ecosystem services. This has often been at the expense of …

Tephra fall from the August 1991 eruption of Volcán Hudson affected some 100,000 km 2 of
Patagonia and was almost immediately reworked by strong winds, creating billowing clouds …

This study investigates the spatial and temporal impact of microclimate conditions caused by
poplar hedgerows in a short rotation alley cropping system (SRACS), and their effect on the …

Climate change scenarios predict an increased occurrence of droughts and heatwaves, as
well as extreme rainfall events in Central Europe. Alley cropping, which is the inclusion of …

Agroforestry systems (AFS) are considered to be a sustainable agricultural practice, as they
deliver a wide range of ecosystem services (ES) while maintaining (agricultural) primary …