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Agroforestry
Extension
Resources
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 A092 Design Principles for Farm Forestry:
A Guide to Assist Farmers to Decide to Place Trees and Farm Plantations on Farms
1997, 102pp, Pub. no. 97/48. RIRDC/LWRRDC/FWPRDC Joint Venture Agroforestry Program.
Guide for Australian farmers, produced by the Joint Venture Agroforestry Program funded by the Rural
Industries, Land & Water Australia
and Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporations of the Australian Government. The
web site blurb states: The
'Design Principles' book has been written around seven basic 'triggers' or reasons for planting trees,
with each chapter providing a basic
design principles to achieve that particular objective for farming and benefiting from trees. At the
end of each 'trigger' chapter a table is
provided which hints at how to alter a design to capture other multiple benefits from your farm forestry
design. With these basic principles
in mind it is hoped that the book will enable farmers and their advisers to undertake planning with
reasonable confidence to improve the
financial and environmental aspects of their farm business"
CONTENTS:
Introduction to the 'Design Principles book and about the authors
Chapter One: Trees for wood products
Chapter Two: Trees for controlling dryland salinity and waterlogging
Chapter Three: Trees for soil conservation
Chapter Four: Trees for shade and shelter
Chapter Five: Trees and shrubs for fodder
Chapter Six: Trees for nature conservation
Chapter Seven: Trees for scenic quality management
Chapter Eight: Capturing multiple benefits from agroforestry
Chapter Ten: Is the design you have selected viable on your farm
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