Agroforestry: enhancing resiliency in U.S. agricultural landscapes under changing conditions / Michele M. Schoeneberger, Gary Bentrup, and Toral Patel-Weynand, editors.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Patel-Weynand, Toral, editor.

Bentrup, Gary, editor.

Schoeneberger, Michele M., editor.

United States. Forest Service, issuing body.

Series:

General technical report WO ; 96.

General technical report WO ; 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agroforestry--Climatic factors.

Agroforestry.

Agroforestry--United States.

Ecosystem services--United States.

Ecosystem services.

Resilience (Ecology)--United States.

Resilience (Ecology).

Agroforestry--Canada.

Agroforestry--Mexico.

Greenhouse gas mitigation--United States.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Food security--Climatic factors.

Food security.

Canada.

Mexico.

United States.

Genre:

Online resources.

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Other Title:

Enhancing resiliency in U.S. agricultural landscapes under changing conditions

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, November 2017.

Summary:

"Agroforestry, the intentional integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal production systems, is being deployed to enhance productivity, profitability, and environmental stewardship of agricultural operations and lands across the United States. This assessment provides a science-based synthesis on the use of agroforestry for mitigation and adaptation services in the face of climatic variability and change. It provides technical input to land-use sector issues in the National Climate Assessment (NCA) and serves as a framework for including agroforestry systems in agricultural strategies to improve productivity and food security and to build resilience in these landscapes. It also provides follow-up to the technical input report by Walthall et al. (2012) that established the need for innovative strategies to address significant climatic variability challenges faced by U.S. agriculture."

Contents:

Executive summary

Introduction

Reducing threats and enhancing resiliency

Greenhouse gas mitigation and accounting

Valuation of agroforestry services

Human dimensions of agroforestry systems

Agroforestry resources

Expanding the North American perspective-Canada

Expanding the North American perspective-Mexico

Challenges and opportunities

Glossary

Appendix A-Regional Summaries

Appendix B-Risk-based framework and assessments of agroforestry as a climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy.

Notes:

"November 2017."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource, PDF version; title from PDF title page (USFS, viewed April 10, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version: Agroforestry: enhancing resiliency in U.S. agricultural landscapes under changing conditions

OCLC:

1032374634