Explore the many benefits of alternative land-use systems with this incisive resource
Humanity has become a victim of its own success. While we’ve managed to meet the needs - to one extent or another - of a large portion of the human population, we’ve often done so by ignoring the health of the natural environment we rely on to sustain our planet. And by deteriorating the quality of our air, water, and land, we’ve put into motion consequences we’ll be dealing with for generations.
In the newly revised Third Edition of North American Agroforestry, an expert team of researchers delivers an authoritative and insightful exploration of an alternative land-use system that exploits the positive interactions between trees and crops when they are grown together and bridges the gap between production agriculture and natural resource management.
This latest edition includes new material on urban food forests, as well as the air and soil quality benefits of agroforestry, agroforestry’s relevance in the Mexican context, and agroforestry training and education. The book also offers: - A thorough introduction to the development of agroforestry as an integrated land use management strategy - Comprehensive explorations of agroforestry nomenclature, concepts, and practices, as well as an agroecological foundation for temperate agroforestry - Practical discussions of tree-crop interactions in temperate agroforestry, including in systems such as windbreak practices, silvopasture practices, and alley cropping practices - In-depth examinations of vegetative environmental buffers for air and water quality benefits, agroforestry for wildlife habitat, agroforestry at the landscape level, and the impact of agroforestry on soil health
Perfect for environmental scientists, natural resource professionals and ecologists, North American Agroforestry will also earn a place in the libraries of students and scholars of agricultural sciences interested in the potential benefits of agroforestry.
Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Section I Agroforestry Fundamentals 1
1 - Agroforestry as an Integrated, Multifunctional Land Use Management Strategy 3
Shibu Jose, Harold E. “Gene” Garrett, Michael A. Gold, James P. Lassoie,
Louise E. Buck, and Dean Current
2 - Agroforestry Nomenclature, Concepts and Practices 27
Michael A. Gold and Harold E. “Gene” Garrett
3 - An Agroecological Foundation for Temperate Agroforestry 43
Brent R. W. Coleman, Naresh V. Thevathasan, Andrew M. Gordon, and
P. K. Ramachandran Nair
4 - Tree-Crop Interactions in Temperate Agroforestry 67
Shibu Jose and Eric J. Holzmueller
Section II Agroforestry Practices 89
5 - Windbreak Practices 91
James R. Brandle, Eugene Takle, and Xinhua Zhou
6 - Silvopasture Practices 127
Gabriel J. Pent, J. H. Fike, Joseph N. Orefice, Steven H. Sharrow,
Dave Brauer, and Terry R. Clason
7 - Alley Cropping Practices 163
Harold E. “Gene” Garrett, Kevin J. Wolz, W. D. “Dusty” Walter, Larry D. Godsey,
and Robert L. McGraw
8 - Riparian and Upland Buffer Practices 205
Richard C. Schultz, Ranjith P. Udawatta, Thomas M. Isenhart, and William W. Simpkins
Illustrated by Peter L. Schultz, Roland, IA
9 - Forest Farming Practices 281
J. L. Chamberlain, John Davis, and John F. Munsell
10 - Urban Food Forests and Community Agroforestry Systems 315
John F. Munsell, Catherine J. Bukowski, Mario Yanez, and James A. Allen
Section III Agroforestry Benefits 337
11 - Vegetative Environmental Buffers for Air Quality Benefits 339
Chung-Ho Lin, Eric E. Weber, W. D. “Dusty” Walter, Teng Teeh Lim, and
Harold E. “Gene” Garrett
12 - Agroforestry for Soil Health 355
Ranjith P. Udawatta, Stephen H. Anderson, Robert J. Kremer, and Harold E. “Gene” Garrett
13 - Managing for Wildlife in Agroforestry 387
Thomas W. Bonnot, Joshua J. Millspaugh, John H. Schulz, Dirk Burhans,
Daniel C. Dey, and W. D. “Dusty” Walter
14 - Agroforestry at the Landscape Level 417
Sarah T. Lovell, Gary Bentrup, and Erik Stanek
Section IV Human Dimensions of Agroforestry 437
15 - Agroforestry Product Markets and Marketing 439
Zhen Cai, Michael A. Gold, Michaela M. “Ina” Cernusca, and Larry D. Godsey
16 - Agroforestry Economics and Policy 469
Zhen Cai, Larry D. Godsey, D. Evan Mercer, Robert K. Grala, Stephen C. Grado, and
Janaki R. R. Alavalapati
17 - Human and Institutional Dimensions of Agroforestry 489
Corinne B. Valdivia, Michael A. Gold, Carla Barbieri, Jie Gao, and Cornelia B. Flora
18 - An Overview of Agroforestry and its Relevance in the Mexican Context 521
Stewart A. W. Diemont, Lorena Soto-Pinto, and Guillermo Jimenez-Ferrer
19 - Agroforestry Education and Training 543
Hannah L. Hemmelgarn and Michael A. Gold
Index 555
