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DOI	10.1525/elementa.2022.00136
	Agroforestry in temperate-climate commercial agriculture: Feedback from agroforestry practitioners in the Mid-Atlantic United States
	McRae, Sebastian M.
通讯作者	McRae, SM
来源期刊	ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
ISSN	2325-1026
出版年	2024
卷号	12 期号:1
英文摘要	Industrially managed annual monocultures are the primary agricultural system used to grow most crops in developed countries. These systems necessitate the destruction of natural ecological complexity for their management and contribute substantially to the environmental problems facing society in the 21st century, including climate change, biodiversity and habitat loss, water pollution, topsoil loss, and desertification. Agroforestry is a promising set of alternative practices that involve integrating trees into agricultural systems to optimize biophysical system interactions and achieve a range of environmental and economic benefits. Much of the agroforestry literature has focused on potential adopters rather than farmers who have implemented agroforestry, but researchers and farmers alike stand to gain from insights into farmer experiences. This study aims to address that gap through qualitative interviews with farmers in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland who utilize production -oriented agroforestry. Perceived benefits of agroforestry included: improved climate resilience; lifestyle and mental health benefits; improved water management; improved soil health; increased presence of wildlife; improved livestock wellbeing; improved business resilience; provision of food, fuel, or fiber; improved ecological connectivity; reduced need for purchased inputs; low labor requirements; improved yields; improved pasture or crop health; and high product quality. Perceived challenges included: early setbacks; negative interactions within agroforestry systems; high labor requirements; difficulty mechanizing; tree establishment work; delayed or uncertain yields; novel crop challenges; meat processing challenges; difficulty planning for the future; high startup costs; and high management complexity. Farmers identified the value of both farmer-farmer networking and government support in the form of flexible and context -specific grant funding, system examples, business planning, and technical assistance. Many of the challenges farmers face can be overcome with agroforestry system designs that optimize early cash flow, balance labor productivity and environmental outcomes, and allow for harmonious integration of animals and appropriate -scale machinery.
英文关键词	Agroforestry Agroecology Agrobiodiversity Diversified farming systems Perennial agriculture Permaculture
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001220237500001
WOS关键词	BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ; TREE CROPS ; PERFORMANCE ; SYSTEMS ; SUSTAINABILITY ; FARMERS ; QUALITY ; FUTURE ; AGROECOLOGY ; KNOWLEDGE
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/403481
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	McRae, Sebastian M.. Agroforestry in temperate-climate commercial agriculture: Feedback from agroforestry practitioners in the Mid-Atlantic United States[J],2024,12(1).
APA	McRae, Sebastian M..(2024).Agroforestry in temperate-climate commercial agriculture: Feedback from agroforestry practitioners in the Mid-Atlantic United States.ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE,12(1).
MLA	McRae, Sebastian M.."Agroforestry in temperate-climate commercial agriculture: Feedback from agroforestry practitioners in the Mid-Atlantic United States".ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE 12.1(2024).

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