Agroforestry systems - advantages and limitations
Session
Agriculture, Food Science and Technology
Description
Since the creation of mankind, two main problems have been: shelter and food. Initially, human communities provided food mostly in the wild, fruits, seeds, roots and everything edible from nature. Later they started to cultivate some of them in their settlements in the forest or later also in urban centers. The birth of work tools made the beginnings of an agricultural system ap-pear. Monoculture agriculture was born. But then in many cases they started to plant trees like apple, pear among them agricultural cultures, mainly vegetables, such as cabbage, leeks, onions, beans, etc. In many of these family units, poultry such as chickens, geese, ducks or livestock such as sheep, goats, etc. began to be kept and raised. This is how agroforestry systems were born. From recent analyzes through satellite images, it can be seen that recently the number of trees in forests has started to decrease, while the number of trees in agroforestry systems and in urban areas has started to in-crease. These systems are more environmentally friendly and closer to nature and certify the production of a variety of products. FAO have defined it in such a way as: Agroforestry is a collective name for land-use systems and technologies where woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palms, bamboos, etc.) are deliberately used on the same land-management units as agricultural crops and/or animals, in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence. In agroforestry systems there are both ecological and economical interactions between the different components. But they also have some limitations, such as in terms of the mechanization of works. But the benefits are greater, especially in the environmental aspect. The above, that is, the ad-vantages and benefits of agroforestry systems and their limitations will be addressed in this paper. In this context, some illustrative examples will be given from different regions in Albania and Kosovo, and even beyond.
Keywords:
Agroforestry, Agriculture, Monoculture, Benefice, Limitations.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-982-15-3
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
25-10-2024 9:00 AM
End Date
27-10-2024 6:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2024.250
Recommended Citation
Haska, Hajri; Maraçi, Olsi; Ibishi, Nuredin; Zani, Lorenc; Halili, Adelajda; and Haska, Eneida, "Agroforestry systems - advantages and limitations" (2024). UBT International Conference. 1.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2024UBTIC/AFCT/1
Agroforestry systems - advantages and limitations
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Since the creation of mankind, two main problems have been: shelter and food. Initially, human communities provided food mostly in the wild, fruits, seeds, roots and everything edible from nature. Later they started to cultivate some of them in their settlements in the forest or later also in urban centers. The birth of work tools made the beginnings of an agricultural system ap-pear. Monoculture agriculture was born. But then in many cases they started to plant trees like apple, pear among them agricultural cultures, mainly vegetables, such as cabbage, leeks, onions, beans, etc. In many of these family units, poultry such as chickens, geese, ducks or livestock such as sheep, goats, etc. began to be kept and raised. This is how agroforestry systems were born. From recent analyzes through satellite images, it can be seen that recently the number of trees in forests has started to decrease, while the number of trees in agroforestry systems and in urban areas has started to in-crease. These systems are more environmentally friendly and closer to nature and certify the production of a variety of products. FAO have defined it in such a way as: Agroforestry is a collective name for land-use systems and technologies where woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palms, bamboos, etc.) are deliberately used on the same land-management units as agricultural crops and/or animals, in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence. In agroforestry systems there are both ecological and economical interactions between the different components. But they also have some limitations, such as in terms of the mechanization of works. But the benefits are greater, especially in the environmental aspect. The above, that is, the ad-vantages and benefits of agroforestry systems and their limitations will be addressed in this paper. In this context, some illustrative examples will be given from different regions in Albania and Kosovo, and even beyond.