Agriculturalists have been benefiting from the range of products and services that trees can supply for thousands of years. Through the integration of trees into agricultural landscapes, farmers and land users at all levels can enjoy diversified production and a range of social, economic and environmental benefits. Agroforestry is the scientific application of this widespread body of knowledge. This stimulating collection explores the experiences of researchers and small-scale farmers undertaking agroforestry development projects around the globe and addresses the question of how local small-scale development successes can be 'scaled up' to create wider, long-term benefits. Each of the contributions offers insights into important wider debates. The relationship between theory and practice, the proper role of research in development, constraints on 'scaling up' local successes, the nature of human motivation for risk-taking and learning, the ways in which individuals and communities respond to technical innovation are all critically explored here. Contributors stress the importance of experimenting with a range of possible agroforestry techniques and approaches, in conjunction with the farming communities that will adopt or reject these methods over time.

Steven Franzel Steven Franzel is a principal agricultural economist with the World Agroforestry Center and has worked for the Center for the past 18 years. He currently leads a global research project on marketing tree products for smallholders. His main research interests include smallholder farming systems, natural resources management, adoption and dissemination of innovations, policy analysis, participatory research, fodder trees and impact assessment.

Peter Cooper

Glenn Denning

Deborah Eade Deborah Eade was Editor-in-Chief of Development in Practice from 1991 to 2010, prior to which she worked for 10 years in Latin America. She is now an independent writer on development and humanitarian issues, based near Geneva.

Factors influencing scaling up of agroforestry-based spatial land-use integration for soil fertility management in Arsamma Watershed, Southwestern Ethiopian Highlands

Guteta, Dereje

Abegaz, Assefa

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 59 (2016), Iss. 10 P.1795

https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2015.1090960 [Citations: 8]

New Vistas in Agroforestry

Agroforestry and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

Garrity, D. P.

2004

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2424-1_1 [Citations: 13]

Agroforestry and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

Garrity, D.P.

Agroforestry Systems, Vol. 61-62 (2004), Iss. 1-3 P.5

https://doi.org/10.1023/B:AGFO.0000028986.37502.7c [Citations: 99]

Adoption levels of agroforestry tree types and practices by smallholders in the semi-arid areas of Kenya: A case of Makueni County

Maluki, J M

Kimiti, J M

Nguluu, S

Musyoki, J K

Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Vol. 8 (2016), Iss. 9 P.187

https://doi.org/10.5897/JAERD2015.0741 [Citations: 1]