Agroforestry for Sustainable Landscapes: Principles Practices and Innovation

Agroforestry has evolved as a revolutionary land-use approach that bridges ecological harmony with human requirements providing an integrated framework for sustainable development. In the context of climate change soil erosion loss of biodiversity and increasing pressures on land and natural resources agroforestry offers new avenues for resilient landscapes that not only provide food and nutritional security but also promote ecosystem services.This book Agroforestry for Sustainable Landscaping: Principles Practices and Innovation is written with the intent to provide an integrated vision for the contribution of agroforestry to landscape development in sustainable ways. It fills the gap between the traditional knowledge from the past and current scientific technologies emphasizing how trees crops and animal production can be integrated in multiple-functional systems to produce climate-resilient productive and pleasing landscapes.