LAND USE PATTERNS AND THE SCALE OF ADOPTION OF AGROFORESTRY IN THE RURAL LANDSCAPES OF PADMA FLOODPLAIN IN BANGLADESH

Autor:	Syed Ajijur Rahman, M. H. Imam, B. Torres, Khandaker Mursheda Farhana, D. M.H. Kabir, S. W. Wachira
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Sustainable development Geography geography.geographical_feature_category Poverty Floodplain Land use Agroforestry Scale (social sciences) Sustainability Forestry Traditional knowledge Livelihood
Zdroj:	Forests, Trees and Livelihoods. 18:193-207
ISSN:	2164-3075 1472-8028
DOI:	10.1080/14728028.2008.9752629
Popis:	This research was conducted in six typical villages of Northern Bangladesh. A sample of 170 farmers was selected. Research indicates that the farmers practising agroforestry own small farms and the income of agroforestry helps them to reduce their poverty, maintain their socio-economic needs and sustain their livelihoods. Agroforestry is not a new concept in the study area. The people have been practicing agroforestry traditionally in the form of home gardens, hedgerows and alley cropping. Homestead agroforestry is an age old practice. Alley cropping and hedgerow agroforestry systems are comparatively new. Yet alley cropping is now most popular and is widely accepted in the study area because of its socio-economic advantages and environmental sustainability.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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