Agroforestry diffusion and secondary forest regeneration in the Brazilian Amazon: Further findings from the Rondônia Agroforesty Pilot Project (1992-2002)

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dc.contributor.authorBrowder, John O.en
dc.contributor.authorWynne, Randolph H.en
dc.contributor.authorPedlowski, Marcos A.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialRondôniaen
dc.coverage.spatialAmazonen
dc.coverage.spatialBrazilen
dc.coverage.temporal1992 - 2002en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:31:40Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:31:40Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis article reports on research conducted on a ten year pilot program for agroforestry in the Amazon. With the aim of studying the effectiveness of agroforestry practices and sustainability as a livelihood method, the experiment allowed for the selection of 50 farms in the Amazonian region, each of which were connected with resources to establish a small plot of trees to produce products with high market potential. After five years, 64% of the original plots remained. Moreover, nearly 18% of farmers nearby had adopted some practices of agroforestry, far above the rate of adoption outside the pilot project area. The study concludes that agroforestry can be sustainably adopted and practiced with minimal outside intervention over the long term.en
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dc.identifier3503en
dc.identifier.citationAgroforestry Systems 65(2): 99-111en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-004-6375-9en
dc.identifier.issn0167-4366en
dc.identifier.issn1572-9680en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67598en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherNetherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishersen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright by Springer 2005en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCash cropsen
dc.subjectForestryen
dc.subjectAgroforestryen
dc.subjectRemote sensingen
dc.subjectFarming systemsen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectPilot projecten
dc.subjectLong-term studyen
dc.subjectSecondary forest enrichmenten
dc.subjectAmazonen
dc.subjectBrazilen
dc.subjectTropical agroforestry adoptionen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleAgroforestry diffusion and secondary forest regeneration in the Brazilian Amazon: Further findings from the Rondônia Agroforesty Pilot Project (1992-2002)en
dc.typeAbstracten
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