AgroForestry

This document defines and describes agroforestry. It discusses how agroforestry combines trees, crops, livestock and other elements in sustainable land use systems. The document outlines five main types of agroforestry systems - silvoarable, silvopastoral, agrosilvopastoral, windbreak, and riparian forest buffers. It also discusses the productive functions of providing food, fodder, fuel and other goods, and the protective functions of wind breaks, shelterbelts and soil conservation. The benefits of agroforestry are described as environmental benefits like reduced pressure on forests, economic benefits like increased income, and social benefits like improved living conditions.