Background The potential benefits of intercropping are manifold and have been repeatedly
demonstrated. Intercropping has the potential to create more productive and resilient …

Although research on plant growth promoting bacteria began in the 1950s, basic and
applied research on bacteria improving use of phosphorus (P) continues to be a priority …

Soil degradation is a global concern, decreasing the soil's ability to perform a multitude of
functions. In Europe, one of the leading causes of soil degradation is unsustainable …

Agroforestry is an agricultural diversification practice that purposefully grows trees together
with crops and/or animals. Nitrogen (N) plays a pivotal role in the sustainability and …

Agroforestry (AF)-based adaptation to global climate change can consist of (1) reversal of
negative trends in diverse tree cover as generic portfolio risk management strategy;(2) …

Intensively managed open croplands are highly productive but often have deleterious
environmental impacts. Temperate agroforestry potentially improves ecosystem functions …

Abstract In the Central Highlands of Vietnam, coffee (Coffea canephora) and pepper (Peper
nigrum) farmers have started transitioning from monoculture to mix cropping systems. To …

Agroforestry has been widely used in developing countries as a solution to mitigate the
effects of climate variability. However, its significance to the well‐being of farmers in rural …

Although integrating trees into agricultural systems (ie, agroforestry systems) provides many
valuable ecosystem services, the trees can also interact with plant diseases. We …

Modern temperate alley-cropping systems combine rows of trees with rows of crops
(agroforestry), which allows for diverse interspecific interactions such as the complementary …