"Alley Cropping - the cultivation of crops in the alleys between regularly spaced rows of trees it shrubs
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Benefits:
-> Economic
- INCOME STABILITY through diversified revenue streams from trees and crops.
- HIGHER LAND-USE EFFICIENCY: Tree roots capture nutrients that crops cannot access, thereby increasing the productive potential of the land.
- CROP YIELD STABILITY: Trees reduce wind stress on crops, stabilize crop temperatures, and reduce evaporation of water from soil.
-> Ecological
- CARBON SEQUESTRATION in woody perennials and soil organic matter.
- SOIL HEALTH AND FERTILITY: Trees reduce soil erosion, nutrient leaching, soil compaction, and water runoff.
- PEST AND DISEASE SUPPRESSION: Perennial crop structural diversity provides habitat for natural enemies.
- POLLINATOR AND WILDLIFE HABITAT via structural diversity and uncropped area within tree rows.
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