agroforestry

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000190",
  "term": "agroforestry",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An agroforestry system is a form of multiple land use where woody perennials (trees, shrubs, bamboos, palm trees, woody lianas) are grown on the same land management unit with crops and/or animals.",
  "synonyms": [
    "agri-silvicultural systems",
    "agriforestry",
    "agrisilvicultural systems",
    "agro-silvicultural systems",
    "agroforestry systems",
    "agrosilvicultural systems"
  ],
  "subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
  "see_also": [
    "farming systems",
    "forestry",
    "retained trees",
    "companion crops",
    "multipurpose trees",
    "multiple land use",
    "farm forestry",
    "farm woodlands",
    "nurse plants",
    "agropastoralism",
    "community forestry",
    "mixed cropping",
    "multiple cropping",
    "climate-smart agriculture",
    "sustainable agriculture",
    "integrated agricultural systems",
    "plant strata",
    "multistrata agroforestry systems",
    "taungya system",
    "shade agroforestry systems",
    "parkland agroforestry systems",
    "line planting (agroforestry)",
    "live fences",
    "box planting",
    "forest farming",
    "alley cropping",
    "silvopastoral systems"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Eduardo Somarriba, CATIE",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "agroforestería"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/agroforestry/"
}