@article {505,
	title = {Agroforestry farming systems in the homesteads of Kerala, southern India},
	journal = {Agroforestry Systems},
	volume = {4},
	year = {1986},
	month = {December 1986},
	pages = {339-363},
	abstract = {<p>Kerala State on the southwestern coast of India in the tropical humid zone has a predominantly agricultural economy, a very high density of population and therefore high pressure on cultivable land. The farmers there undertake cultivation of an array of crops- tree crops, plantation crops, seasonals and biennials - all in intimate mixtures on the same piece of land around the homesteads. Farm animals and poultry and sometimes fisheries also are essential components of the system. The close association of agricultural crops, tree crops and animals in the homesteads represents an excellent example of sustainable and productive agroforestry homegardens. Optimum utilization of available resources of land, solar energy and technological inputs and an efficient recycling of farm wastes are important characteristics of the systems. This paper attempts to describe and evaluate the systems\&$\#$39; stability, productivity and sustainability, and identify its merits and constraints as well as research needs.</p>},
	keywords = {agroclimatic zone, agroforestry, crop system, home gardens, homestead farming, Kerala, mixed farming},
	doi = {10.1007/BF00048107},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00048107},
	author = {M. Achuthan Nair and C. Sreedharan}
}
@article {694,
	title = {The role of agroforestry in the farming systems in Rwanda with special reference to the Bugesera-Gisaka-Migongo (BGM) region},
	journal = {Agroforestry Systems},
	volume = {4},
	year = {1986},
	month = {December 1986},
	pages = {271-289},
	abstract = {The Rwandan farmers, faced with a perpetual land shortage, have evolved certain intensive systems of organic agriculture. These systems, particularly the homestead (compound) farming, involve the combination of food, fodder and tree crops. to a certain extent these systems can satisfy the multiple needs of the subsistence farmers living under several risks and constraints. However, they cannot cope with the expanding food demand of the rapidly increasing population. Some multipurpose, low-input technologies and agroforestry approaches have been designed to improve the productivity of these traditional systems; these include inter/mixed cropping systems and rotations, alley cropping with leguminous trees and shrubs, use of planted {\textquoteright}fallow{\textquoteright}, planting tree legumes on anti-erosive lines, mixed farming,community forestry and woodlots, and tree planting on farm/field boundaries. The essential aspects of these technologies are briefly discussed. (author)},
	keywords = {agriculture, agroforestry, forestry, homestead farming, intercropping, land tenure, low-input technologies, organic agriculture},
	doi = {10.1007/BF00048104},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00048104},
	author = {V. Balasubramanian and A. Egli}
}
