Highlights•Agroforestry describes a set of technologies, a landscape approach and a drive
to greater policy synergy.•Synergy can evolve from coexistence and agreed boundaries …

Complex (multi-species) agroecosystems change rapidly as a result of farmers' decisions
based on their perception of opportunities and constraints. Overall, the major trend is still …

Declining biodiversity (BD) is affecting food security, agricultural sustainability, and
environmental quality. Agroforestry (AF) is recognized as a possible partial solution for BD …

New estimates of the impacts of germplasm improvement in the major staple crops between
1965 and 2004 on global land-cover change are presented, based on simulations carried …

Abstract The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the United Nations (UN) are at the
heart of the global development agenda. This chapter examines the role of agroforestry …

Climate change is a reality and will affect the poor in developing countries in many ways.
The effectiveness of global change research could be substantially improved by linking …

This book provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through
a systematic review of 132 sub national case studies. It uses a meta-analytical model to …

Caused in part by the slash-and-burn practices of both large-and small-scale farmers, the
environmental implications of tropical deforestation remain a worldwide concern. Yet the …

Swidden (also called shifting cultivation) has long been the dominant farming system in
Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA). Today the ecological bounty of this region is …

Tropical forest conversion contributes as much as 25% of the net annual CO 2 emissions
and up to 10% of the N 2O emissions to the atmosphere. The net effect on global warming …