North american agroforestry / edited by Harold E. "Gene" Garrett, Shibu Jose, and Michael A. Gold.

Includes index.

Harold. E. “Gene” Garrett, School of Natural Resources, The Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA

Shibu Jose, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA

Michael A. Gold, School of Natural Resources, The Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

Section I Agroforestry Fundamentals 1

1 — Agroforestry as an Integrated, Multifunctional Land Use Management Strategy 3
Shibu Jose, Harold E. “Gene” Garrett, Michael A. Gold, James P. Lassoie,
Louise E. Buck, and Dean Current

2 — Agroforestry Nomenclature, Concepts and Practices 27
Michael A. Gold and Harold E. “Gene” Garrett

3 — An Agroecological Foundation for Temperate Agroforestry 43
Brent R. W. Coleman, Naresh V. Thevathasan, Andrew M. Gordon, and
P. K. Ramachandran Nair

4 — Tree–Crop Interactions in Temperate Agroforestry 67
Shibu Jose and Eric J. Holzmueller

Section II Agroforestry Practices 89

5 — Windbreak Practices 91
James R. Brandle, Eugene Takle, and Xinhua Zhou

6 — Silvopasture Practices 127
Gabriel J. Pent, J. H. Fike, Joseph N. Orefice, Steven H. Sharrow,
Dave Brauer, and Terry R. Clason

7 — Alley Cropping Practices 163
Harold E. “Gene” Garrett, Kevin J. Wolz, W. D. “Dusty” Walter, Larry D. Godsey,
and Robert L. McGraw

8 — Riparian and Upland Buffer Practices 205
Richard C. Schultz, Ranjith P. Udawatta, Thomas M. Isenhart, and William W. Simpkins
Illustrated by Peter L. Schultz, Roland, IA

9 — Forest Farming Practices 281
J. L. Chamberlain, John Davis, and John F. Munsell

10 — Urban Food Forests and Community Agroforestry Systems 315
John F. Munsell, Catherine J. Bukowski, Mario Yanez, and James A. Allen

Section III Agroforestry Benefits 337

11 — Vegetative Environmental Buffers for Air Quality Benefits 339
Chung-Ho Lin, Eric E. Weber, W. D. “Dusty” Walter, Teng Teeh Lim, and
Harold E. “Gene” Garrett

12 — Agroforestry for Soil Health 355
Ranjith P. Udawatta, Stephen H. Anderson, Robert J. Kremer, and Harold E. “Gene” Garrett

13 — Managing for Wildlife in Agroforestry 387
Thomas W. Bonnot, Joshua J. Millspaugh, John H. Schulz, Dirk Burhans,
Daniel C. Dey, and W. D. “Dusty” Walter

14 — Agroforestry at the Landscape Level 417
Sarah T. Lovell, Gary Bentrup, and Erik Stanek

Section IV Human Dimensions of Agroforestry 437

15 — Agroforestry Product Markets and Marketing 439
Zhen Cai, Michael A. Gold, Michaela M. “Ina” Cernusca, and Larry D. Godsey

16 — Agroforestry Economics and Policy 469
Zhen Cai, Larry D. Godsey, D. Evan Mercer, Robert K. Grala, Stephen C. Grado, and
Janaki R. R. Alavalapati

17 — Human and Institutional Dimensions of Agroforestry 489
Corinne B. Valdivia, Michael A. Gold, Carla Barbieri, Jie Gao, and Cornelia B. Flora

18 — An Overview of Agroforestry and its Relevance in the Mexican Context 521
Stewart A. W. Diemont, Lorena Soto-Pinto, and Guillermo Jimenez-Ferrer

19 — Agroforestry Education and Training 543
Hannah L. Hemmelgarn and Michael A. Gold

Index 555

"The formal history of agroforestry in North America can be traced back to the 1930s when windbreaks were established in the U.S. Great Plains following the dust bowl. It was not until the 1970s, however, science-based agroforestry research and practice gained attention in temperate North America. Even then, the progress of agroforestry and its acceptance by practitioners, farmers and policy makers were hindered by the paucity of hard evidence to support the practice. The scientific foundation that has been laid, over the past two decades in particular, has elevated agroforestry's role as an integral component of a multifunctional working landscape in North America. Recent trends in the agriculture sector necessitate farm diversification as an essential strategy for economic competitiveness in a global market. The realization that agroforestry systems are well suited for diversifying farm income while providing environmental services and ecosystem benefits has increased receptivity on the part of some landowners"-- Provided by publisher.

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