This dissertation consists of three proposed articles and one published article addressing issues related to the opportunities and challenges for silvopasture in Wisconsin. Silvopasture, the intentional, intensively managed integration of trees with grazing, has the potential to…
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Land frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon continue to be dominated by the expansion of cattle ranching and large-scale deforestation events. Theory on smallholder agriculture argues that the agroecological intensification of land use—which would counteract land extensive speculatio…
An ethnobotanical case study and market availability analysis of moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) was conducted in Senegal from June 28 to August 31, 2011. In light of the alarmingly high rates of anemia in Senegal, moringa leaf samples were collected in all 14 regions of the cou…
Monitoring forest cover changes and carbon content at regional and global level by using remote sensing has advanced significantly for closed humid tropical forests, and several methods have been developed. On the other hand monitoring of cover and carbon for semi-arid savannas …
Damar agroforest is an agroforest system in which damar trees (Shorea javanica) are planted as a main species. A study on damar agroforests was conducted in Pesisir areas (Krui), West Lampung, Indonesia, to determine the changes of tree species composition over time, the relatio…
Agroforestry parklands are agroforestry systems where trees are mixed with crops on the same unit of land. These tree-crop associations can have a positive, a negative or no effect on the soil or on the growth and yield of the plants. Foliar biomass production of the tree, Cordy…
Des traitements par la scarification mecanique et chimique, le trempage dans l'eau et leurs combinaisons appliques aux semences de palmier doum (Hyphaene thebaica Mart.) frai chement recoltees des ecozones du Nord, du Centre et du Sud de la vallee du fleuve Niger, le meilleur ta…