PROSPECTS FOR EASING LAND-TENURE CONFLICTS WITH AGROFORESTRY IN MEDITERRANEAN FRANCE - A RESEARCH APPROACH FOR INTERCROPPED TIMBER ORCHARDS

被引:13
作者
DUPRAZ, C
机构
[1] Equipe d'Agroforesterie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Montpellier Cedex 1, 34060
关键词
AGROSILVICULTURE; HARDWOODS; LAND TENURE; MEDITERRANEAN AREA; FALLOW POLICY; TREESHELTER;
D O I
10.1007/BF00707459
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
Agroforesty plots offer the opportunity to combine annual agricultural production and long-term wood capitalization. The fallow scheme now in operation in Europe intends to reduce the surplus of agricultural products. Agroforestry management could be a valuable alternative to fallow or to forestry plantations on agricultural land. Agroforestry is attractive to agricultural landowners in Mediterranean France, as agroforestry stands are less costly than forestry plantations, are less prone to fire hazards, provide agricultural returns from intercropping during the first twenty years and have many environmental benefits. An experimental network of on-farm agroforestry plots has been set up since 1988 in the Mediterranean part of France. These plots include grazed paddocks (silvopastoral systems) and ungrazed fields (silvoarable systems). They gained support both from landowners and tenants: the former expect a high value treestock, while the latter have a free use of the space between plantation lines. Plantations have been designed to allow easy mechanical intercropping. First results from two experimental sites are discussed. The growth of the trees in the agroforestry plots is much higher than in the control forestry plots.
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页码:181 / 192
页数:12
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