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Features
of Agroforestry Systems
in the Philippines
Agroforestry
system in the Philippines can be classified according to their dominant
component, that is, agricultural crops, forest trees, and animals.
These systems are classified as agricisilvicultural, silvipastoral,
agripastoral or agrisilvipastoral system (The Technical Committee
on Agroforestry 1995). Agrisilvicultural
System
Agrisilvicultural
system is the comibination of agricultural crops with woody perennials.
This system includes: alley cropping, multistorey, boundary planting,
windbreaks, improved fallow, and the taungya.
Silvipastoral
System
Silvipastoral
system is the combination of woody perennials with livestock production.
This system includes: livestock production. This system includes:
livestock-under-tree, protein bank (fodder bank), live fence,
and hedgerow planting of improved pasture grasses and/or other
fodder trees or shrubs.
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Source:
Agroforestry and multipurpose trees and shrubs R&D team, 2003.
R&D Status and Directions (2000 and beyond): Agroforestry
and multipurpose trees and shrubs, PCARRD, Los Baños,
Laguna, 45p.
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