Agroforestry Development on the Canadian Prairies (Agriculture Issues & Policies Series) - Softcover

Suren N Kulshreshtha; Ken Van Rees; Hayley Hesseln

 
9781616682668: Agroforestry Development on the Canadian Prairies (Agriculture Issues & Policies Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1616682663 ISBN 13: 9781616682668
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US), 2010

Synopsis

Agroforestry is a system of land use in which both agriculture and forestry production are intermingled. All over the world, farmers have had a long tradition of planting trees on their fields and pastures. The major objective of this book is to review the history of agroforestry development in the region and this progress is found to be slower than in other regions of North lmerica in spite of various benefits that could be generated from agroforestry practices. This book reviews the state of agroforestry in the Prairie Provinces of Canada and describes various types of agroforestry that have developed historically.

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Product Description

Agroforestry is a system of land use in which both agriculture and forestry production are intermingled. This book reviews the history of agroforestry development in Canadian Prairies, and contends that progress is found to be slower than in other regions of North America inspite of the benefits that could be generated from agroforestry practices.

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Publisher
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1616682663
ISBN 13 
9781616682668
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
64