Edited by P.K.R. Nair, M.R. Rao and L.E. Buck

Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, 480 p., ISBN 1-4020-2501-7 Hardback

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Launched at the 2004 World Congress of Agroforestry in Orlando, Florida, this new volume is a significant contribution to the agroforestry literature. The multi-author papers, reprinted from special issues of Agroforestry Systems, provide an up-to-date review of a wide variety of scientific, economic and social aspects of agroforestry. It uniquely combines papers from both the tropical and temperate zones, addresses topics that have not been previously discussed in agroforestry texts, and includes fresh insights from authors from other disciplines who are new to the field. It is the first title in a new series, Advances in Agroforestry, edited by P.K. Nair at the University of Florida.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Agroforestry and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

By D.P. Garrity

Systems, Practices, and Components

Hardwood silvopasture management in North America

by H.E. Garrett, M.S. Kerley, K.P. Ladyman, W.D. Walter, L.D. Godsey, J.W. Van Sambeek and D.K. Brauer

Riparian forest buffers in agroecosystems — lessons learned from the Bear Creek Watershed, central Iowa, USA

by R.C. Schultz, T.M. Isenhart, W.W. Simpkins and J.P. Colletti

Short-rotation woody crops and phytoremediation: Opportunities for agroforestry?

by D.L. Rockwood, C.V. Naidu, D.R. Carter, M. Rahmani, T.A. Spriggs, C. Lin, G.R. Alker, J.G. Isebrands and S.A. Segrest

Windbreaks in North American agricultural systems
by J.R. Brandle, L. Hodges and X.H. Zhou

Organic farming and agroforestry: Alley cropping for mulch production for organic farms of southeastern United States

by C.F. Jordan

Mechanized land preparation in forest-based fallow systems: The experience from Eastern Amazonia
by M. Denich, K. Vielhauer, M.S. de A. Kato, A. Block, O.R. Kato, T.D. de Abreu Sa, W. Lucke and P.L.G. Vlek

Medicinal and aromatic plants in agroforestry systems
by M.R. Rao, M.C. Palada and B.N. Becker

Forest gardens as an `intermediate' land-use system in the nature—culture continuum: Characteristics and future potential
by K.F. Wiersum

The enigma of tropical homegardens

by B.M. Kumar and P.K.R. Nair

Biological and Ecological Issues

Nature vs. nurture: managing relationships between forests, agroforestry and wild biodiversity
by J.A. McNeely

Tree domestication in tropical agroforestry
by A.J. Simons and R.R.B. Leakey

Managing biological and genetic diversity in tropical agroforestry
by K. Atta-Krah, R. Kindt, J.N. Skilton and W. Amaral

Why extensive research and development did not promote use of peach palm fruit in Latin America
by C.R. Clement, J.C. Weber, J. van Leeuwen, C.A. Domian, D.M. Cole, L.A.A. Lopez and H. Arguello

Exploiting the potential of indigenous agroforestry trees: Parkia biglobosa and Vitellaria paradoxa in sub-Saharan Africa

by Z. Teklehaimanot

Ecological interactions, management lessons and design tools in tropical agroforestry systems
by L. Garcia-Barrios and C.K. o­ng

Interspecific interactions in temperate agroforestry
by PallardyP S.G. and Gillespie A.R. Jose, S.

Ecology of tree intercropping systems in the North temperate region: Experiences from southern Ontario, Canada

by N.V. Thevathasan and A.M. Gordon

Agroforestry as an approach to minimizing nutrient loss from heavily fertilized soils: The Florida experience

by V.D. Nair and D.A. Graetz

Carbon sequestration: An underexploited environmental benefit of agroforestry systems
by F. Montagnini and P.K.R. Nair

Economics, Marketing, and Adoption

Agroforestry development: An environmental economic perspective
by J.R.R. Alavalapati, R.K. Shrestha, G.A. Stainback and J.R. Matta

Adoption of agroforestry innovations in the tropics: A review
by D.E. Mercer

Scaling up the impact of agroforestry: Lessons from three sites in Africa and Asia
by S. Franzel, G.L. Denning, J.P.B. Lilleso and A.R. Mercado, Jr.

Trees of prosperity: Agroforestry, markets and the African smallholder
by D. Russell and S. Franzel

Building opportunities for small-farm agroforestry to supply domestic wood markets in developing countries

by S.J. Scherr

Markets and marketing strategies for agroforestry specialty products in North America
by M.A. Gold, L.D. Godsey and S.J. Josiah

Peasants, agroforesters, and anthropologists: A 20-year venture in income-generating trees and hedgerows in Haiti

by G.F. Murray and M.E. Bannister

Knowledge Integration

Computer-based tools for decision support in agroforestry: Current state and future needs
by E.A. Ellis, G. Bentrup and M.M. Schoeneberger

Anthropogenic grasslands in Southeast Asia: Sociology of knowledge and implications for agroforestry
by M.R. Dove

Agroforestry research for development in India: 25 years of experiences of a national program
by S. Puri and P.K.R. Nair

Public/private partnerships in agroforestry: the example of working together to improve cocoa sustainability

by H-Y Shapiro and E.M. Rosenquist