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Farming with trees: using agroforestry to drive resilience in
agricultural landscapes
Eduardo SomarribaKingston, Jamaica
16 July 2015
Trees are a common feature in many agricultural landscapes.
Globally, 80% of agricultural land (including pasture lands) has up to 30% tree cover….trees are a common feature in agricultural landscapes
Second World Congress on Agroforestry - Nairobi, August 2009Hans-Peter Liniger, Joseph Ndungu, Njeru Gitonga, Mirjam Njoroge-van Roode, Anna Büchi, Peter Waldner*
Trees on farms provide goods for livelihoods to rural families and other
ecosystem services to society
Timber standing stock (dbh > 30 cm, m3/ha) in cocoa plantations in Central America. Timber trees as family
savings reduce financial vulnerability
Trees and shrubs as a source of forage for livestock….
substitute expensive concentrates and other feedstuff
Fruit trees and food/nutritional securityGrupo (1)
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guanabanalimon dulce
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toronjabananomamonnispero
limon agriopapaya
mandarinamango
pera de aguazapote
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cococoyol
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Vitamins A and C
Fe and Zn
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Need shade trees providing fruits with high concentration of folic acid (for pregnant women)
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Trees on farms can store significant amounts of carbon in wood and this may result in additional incomes to farmers
However, despite their importance and ubiquitous presence in the landscape….
Trees of farms are “invisible”….
in most forestry laws, national accounts, and in public policies and in
rural development programmes
Challenges for the future
1. Change in mentality: trees on farms as crops
2. Demonstrate that trees on farms can play an important role in rural livelihoods even under agricultural intensification scenarios
3. Incorporate trees on farms in national legal, institutional and policy frameworks
Challenges for the future4. Adjust current research strategies (aimed at
increasing crop productivity) to consider trees and their interactions with crops/livestock (shading, fodder, etc.) in the cropping systems
5. Incorporate trees on farm in climate change mitigation/adaptation strategies
6. Avoid inequalities in property/access of women to trees on far
We need more research to support farming with trees