Agro forest practices in Nigeria.
Agricultural science for S.S.S 2 First Term
Week 9
Agro forest practices in Nigeria.
Performance objectives
Students should be able to:
- Explain the meaning of agroforestry.
- Discuss different agroforestry combinations.
- Enumerate different tree species for inclusion in agroforestry
Content
Meaning of Agroforestry.
Agroforestry is a collective name for land-use system where woody perennial (trees, shrubs and palms) are deliberately n this same land management units as crops and animals in some of the spatial arrangement or temporal sequence.
In other words, agro-forestry is simply a form of land management system in which forest management, food production, and conservation form integrated components. Agro-forestry is normally viewed in the contest of food production, forest production, and environmental conservation.
Importance of agro-forestry
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