An Overview of Agroforestry

Authors

Andy Mason, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Douglas Wallace, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Richard Straight, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, NebraskaFollow

Date of this Version

5-2014

Document Type

Newsletter Issue

Citation

Agroforestry Notes 1, May 2014

United States Department of Agriculture, National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, Nebraska

Comments

United States government work

Abstract

Agroforestry is a management system that combines agriculture and trees to address conservation needs and build more profitable and weather-resilient farms, ranches and communities. Agroforestry practices provide opportunities to integrate productivity and profitability with environmental stewardship resulting in healthy and sustainable agricultural systems that can be passed on to future generations.