Managing perennial Conservation Agriculture systems: orchards, plantations and agroforestry

Publication date: 20/01/2020
Extent: 32 pages

Contributions by: Amir Kassam, University of Reading, UK; Emilio J. González-Sánchez, University of Cordoba and Asociación Española de Agricultura de Conservación Suelos Vivos (AEACSV), Spain and European Conservation Agriculture Federation, Belgium; Sim Choon Cheak, Sime Darby Research Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia; Zaharah A. Rahman, formerly Putra University, Malaysia; Julio Roman-Vazquez and Francisco Marquez-Garcia, University of Cordoba, Spain; Rosa Carbonell-Bojollo, Centro IFAPA Alameda del Obispo, Spain; Oscar Veroz-Gonzalez, Asociación Española de Agricultura de Conservación Suelos Vivos (AEACSV), Spain; and Dennis P. Garrity, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya

Chapter synopsis: Perennial CA systems offer a range of productivity and ecosystem benefits to resource-poor smallholder farmers as well as to larger-scale producers managing orchards and plantations. Given the attractive economic and environmental value-adding characteristics of perennial CA systems, it is expected that such systems will continue to expand worldwide in the coming decades. This chapter illustrates examples of perennial CA systems from Europe, Asia and Africa.

DOI: 10.19103/AS.2019.0048.09