multistrata agroforestry systems
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004231
An agroforestry system whose components (crops, trees, shrubs, livestock, wildlife, etc.) occupy distinct layers of the vertical structure of the community. An example is the production of coffee intercropped with bananas occupying the lowest strata, shaded by medium-sized fruit trees in the middle vertical strata, with an overstory of tall timber trees in the upper canopy strata.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-004231 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Farms, Agricultural Production Systems |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | agroforestry; multiple cropping; plant strata |
| Translations | Spanish: sistemas agroforestales multiestrato |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-004231",
"term": "multistrata agroforestry systems",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "An agroforestry system whose components (crops, trees, shrubs, livestock, wildlife, etc.) occupy distinct layers of the vertical structure of the community. An example is the production of coffee intercropped with bananas occupying the lowest strata, shaded by medium-sized fruit trees in the middle vertical strata, with an overstory of tall timber trees in the upper canopy strata.",
"subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
"see_also": [
"agroforestry",
"multiple cropping",
"plant strata"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "sistemas agroforestales multiestrato"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/multistrata-agroforestry-systems/"
}
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