Principles of agroforestry
- Productive- Agroforestry systems have capacity to produce food crops, fruits, leaf litter, timber, fuel wood, and fodder for livestock.
- Protective- Agroforestry helps to minimize the degradation of the farm lands and other natural resource by working as shelterbelt.
- Ameliorative- Agroforestry systems with legume trees and crops help to maintain or improve the productivity of the land.
- Livelihood improvement- Income can be generated from the sale of forest and agriculture products.