Impact of Agroforestry on Agricultural Productivity and Farmers: Examining the Effects of Agroforestry on Environmental and Socio-Economic Outcomes

Abstract

By constructing integrated systems to achieve environmental and socio-economic goals,agroforestry. Agroforestry, or the integration of trees with crops and livestock, to reduce environmentaldegradation, boost agricultural productivity, increase carbon sequestration, support healthy soil andecosystems, and provide stable incomes and other benefits to human welfare. While more is knownabout the effects of actual agroforestry practices, the types of practices that have been studied arelimited. Most studies have only looked at two-component systems, such as shelterbelts, windbreaks,hedgerows, riparian buffers, and scattered trees on farms with crops. Evidence on human well-being isfew compared to that on the results of regulating ecosystem services and agricultural output, both ofwhich are aspects of providing ecosystem.