Question

Which is the peak time to collect the data for identification of agroforesrty system in temperate zone?

Answer 1

During the past five years, ICRAF, through its Agroforestry Systems Inventory (AFSI), has collected, evaluated, synthesized and disseminated information on existing agroforestry (AF) systems and practices from different parts of the tropics and subtropics. The systems have been classified according to various criteria such as their structure, function, socio-economic aspects, ecological spread, and so on. But the primary step in classifying them is on the basis of their structure; thus there are three basic types of 'AF systems

agrosilvicultural (crops land trees)

silvipastoral (trees and pasture/animals), and

agrosilvipastoral (crops + pasture/animals + trees).