Agroforestry Extension Resources

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bullet2 A045 Forest Farming

Towards a solution to problems of world hunger and conservation

J. Sholto Douglas & Robert de J. Hart, Rodale Press, 1978, Intermediate Technology Publications, 1984, ISBN 0946688303

A classic text. The blurb states... "the integration of tree and other farming establishes a sounder ecological balance and greater productivity of food and materials for clothing, fuel and shelter. Only 8-10% of the world's surface is currently used for food production, but planting of crop-yielding trees could raise that figure to 75%. The book suggests planting and cropping methods and a range of potentially useful trees. Foreword by Fritz Schumacher ("Small is Beautiful")."

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    or: Intermediate Technology Development Group, 103-105 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4HH, UK

CONTENTS:

Re-vitalising the rural areas
Trees and man
Ecological cultivation
The background to forest farming
What is forest farming?
Designing a forest farm
Planting and cropping
The choice of trees: leguminous
The choice of trees: nuts
The choice of trees: fruit, oil and fodder
Fields of expansion: temperate uplands
Fields of expansion: deserts

Appendices:
Ancillay species fof fodder, conservation and other purposes
Grasses and herbage
Oil-producing eucalypts
Measuring devices
Seed supplies
List of institutions and organisations