27th March 2024
Agroforestry offers another approach to farming that enables the long term increased sequestration of carbon dioxide. Agroforestry has two main forms:
“Silvo-pastoral agroforestry: which means the grazing of animals under trees. The animals enrich the soil while the trees provide shelter and fodder for the animals.
Silvo-arable agroforestry: where crops are grown beneath trees, often in rows which are large enough for a tractor to tend to the crops without damaging the trees. This is farming in 3D, the trees and the crops occupy different levels above ground, and also below ground where the tree roots will reach down deeper than the crops.”(1)
The additions of trees in the farm enhances the amount of carbon dioxide that is being . At the same time the practice also benefits the condition of the soil. “Tree roots reach deep into the ground, releasing much-needed carbon into the soil. They cycle nutrients and bind the soil together, preventing it from being eroded by the wind or the rain.”(1)
(1) https://www.soilassociation.org/causes-campaigns/agroforestry/what-is-agroforestry/
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