Evolution of agroforestry based farming systems: a study of Dhanusha District, Nepal
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Article Title | Evolution of agroforestry based farming systems: a study of Dhanusha District, Nepal |
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ERA Journal ID | 5665 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Dhakal, Arun (Author), Cockfield, Geoff (Author) and Maraseni, Tek Narayan (Author) |
Editors | Jose, Shibu |
Journal Title | Agroforestry Systems |
Journal Citation | 86 (1), pp. 17-33 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2012 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Dordrecht, Netherlands |
ISSN | 0167-4366 |
1572-9680 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-012-9504-x |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.springerlink.com/content/j721776265711324/ |
Abstract | This paper examines how agroforestrybased farming systems evolved in the Dhanusha district of Nepal following the conversion of forest into agriculture during the early 1950s. Some data are from two focus group discussions with agroforestry farmers and one meeting with agroforestry experts. The farmers' discussion traced the development of farming practices from 1950 to 2010 to identify the drivers of land use change. The experts' discussion resulted in a scale to differentiate the prevailing farming systems in the study area considering five key components of agroforestry: agricultural crops, livestock, forest tree |
Keywords | agroforestry based farming; evolution; tree preference; farm characteristics; Nepal |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300207. Agricultural systems analysis and modelling |
300701. Agroforestry | |
410601. Land capability and soil productivity | |
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Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Business and Law |
Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q13x2/evolution-of-agroforestry-based-farming-systems-a-study-of-dhanusha-district-nepal
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