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Women and youths participation in agroforestry: what counts and what doesn’t around Mount Elgon, Uganda?
(Science Press, 2021-09-13)
The increase in global climate change incidents is a glaring indication that more pragmatic and direct approaches to tree and forest management are urgently needed. A study was conducted around Mount Elgon Uganda between ...
Women and youths participation in agroforestry: What counts and what doesn’t around Mount Elgon, Uganda?
(Journal of Mountain Science, 2021-12-15)
The increase in global climate change incidents is a glaring indication that more pragmatic and direct approaches to tree and forest management are urgently needed. A study was conducted around Mount Elgon Uganda between ...
Providing targeted incentives for trees on farms: A transdisciplinary research methodology applied in Uganda and Peru
(Elsevier, 2023-03-11)
Native trees are central elements of sustainable agriculture, providing economic futures to rural populations while safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services. We present a diagnostic methodology for (i) identifying ...
Kernel morphometric characteristics and oil content among Shea tree genotypes in Uganda
(African Journals Online, 2022-09-23)
Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. nilotica) is an important commercial tree for domestic oil and industrial products of cosmetics, chocolate and other confectionaries traded grown worldwide. We studied seed morphometric ...
Components of agroforestry systems
(Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); World Agroforestry (ICRAF), 2022-09)
Agroforestry systems are composed of trees and crops, trees and livestock, or trees with both crops and livestock. In this section, we explore the attributes of these components in more detail. A given agroforestry system ...
Management of trees in agroforestry systems
(Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); World Agroforestry (ICRAF), 2022-09)
Many tree establishment efforts focus entirely on the planting process, and fail to consider the years of time and effort needed to care for the planted trees and to manage their growth. It is true that the cultivation of ...
Principles of agroforestry design
(Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); World Agroforestry (ICRAF), 2022-09)
Agroforestry design involves deciding what will be produced, selecting the components of the system, and determining how they will be arranged. These decisions also define how and when the components will be established, ...