Presentation ObjectivesPresentation Objectives

What is Agroforestry?What are the benefits of agroforestry?Alley Cropping: How is this an Agroforestry

Practice?

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What is Agroforestry?

It is an agricultural approach of using interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.

AgricultureForestry

Here, do this! Use agriculture!

Here, do this!Use forestry!

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What is Agroforestry?What is Agroforestry?

…..the intentional combining of agriculture and working trees to create sustainable farming and ranching systems.

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Alley cropping is a simple way of combining fruit tree-growing

with garden plants.

Alley cropping! Alley cropping!

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Alley Cropping Alley Cropping

Growing an annual crop simultaneously in the alley ways between rows of a tree crop. The agricultural crop generates food and potential income while the tree crop matures.

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Alley Cropping BenefitsAlley Cropping Benefits

Several crops happening at onceReduce erosion (trees holding soil)Improve water qualityProtect cropsImprove utilization of nutrientsProvide wildlife habitatLooks beautifulStore carbon

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Examples of small area Alley Cropping

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Larger scale Alley Cropping projects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MOHym6hhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MOHym6gC09k#t=92sttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MOHym6gC09kgC09k

Let’s watch a short clip on a small garden Alley Crop project….U-tube “Garden Alley Crop” by TrevorsGarden

Questions:

Based on what you have seen is Alley Cropping a good idea?Would you be willing to help protect the orchard from vandalism?Is it fair that those that work in the orchard get to harvest and use the Garden crops they grow?Would you be willing to help plant the orchard?