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    Establishing vegetable agroforestry system research at the World Vegetable Center
    Palada, Manuel C.; Wu, D. L.; Luther, Gregory C.; Bhattarai, M.; Mercado, Agustin R. Jr.; Reyes, Manuel R. (Shanhua, Taiwan: AVRDC, The World Vegetable Center, 2009)
    Fruits and vegetables provide food and increase incomes for small-scale farmers in the tropics. These high-value crops are also important components of home garden agroforestry systems; they contribute to biological stability, enhance crop diversity, conserve soil properties and increase total productivity. Although the benefits of integrating high-value crops into agroforestry systems have been recognized, few studies have been done to quantify and describe tree-crop interactions. A vegetable agroforestry system (VAF) research was initiated at the World Vegetable Center to study the relationships between fruit trees and vegetable crops in terms of competition and complimentation.