Shifting cultivation is the primary means of livelihood for subsistence farmers in the Congo Basin of central Africa. This agroforestry system, which depends on long periods of forest-fallow to maintain soil fertility as well as for the provision of non-wood forest products, is under pressure as...

The study examined the benefits of farmers’ participation in agroforestry practices in Taraba State, Nigeria. It highlighted the level of farmers’ participation, the benefits derived from agroforestry, as well as the challenges faced by farmers practising agroforestry. A sample of 420...

Agroforestry systems play important roles in increasing carbon (C) sequestration and mitigating climate change in western Canada. However, the effect of different agroforestry systems and their component land-uses on soil organic C (SOC) stability is poorly understood. We studied SOC stability...