Agroforestry and Climate Change

Agroforestry is an ecologically sustainable land use system that maintains an increased total yield by combining food crops (annuals) with tree crops (perennials) and/or livestock on the same unit of land. Agroforestry system is economically and ecologically sound practices with the enhancement of overall farm productivity, soil enrichment through litter fall, maintaining environmental services such as climate change mitigation (carbon sequestration), phytoremediation, watershed protection, and biodiversity conservation. This book will help you gain an in-depth understanding of how agroforestry can help mitigate climate change.  

Print ISBN: 9781682508428 | $165 | 2023 | Hardcover

Subject: Environmental Science

Editor: Jean Kauffeld

About the Editor: Jean Kauffeld, Ph.D., is a Professor of Forestry at the Faculty of Applied Sciences. He has been involved in numerous collaborative international research projects that led to publications in reputable journals. His research interests are in Geomatics, Remote sensing, GIS, and soft computing techniques in forestry, natural hazard, health, and environmental modeling.