@article {643,
	title = {Research opportunities to improve the production of homegardens},
	journal = {Agroforestry Systems},
	volume = {5},
	year = {1987},
	month = {March 1987},
	pages = {57-67},
	abstract = {The management of home gardens on a widescale basis is reviewed and examples of specific systems are presented. Opportunities for improvement are presented and recommendations for research are given. Because of the contribution to supply food and goods to millions of people, the home gardens should play a more important role in development programs and more organized and directed research should be provided. This should contribute greatly to the yield from these land use systems.},
	keywords = {home gardens, research },
	doi = {10.1007/BF00046413},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046413},
	author = {Fran{\c c}ois Mergen}
}
@inbook {885,
	title = {Indigenous technology and farming systems research: Agroforestry in the Indian desert},
	booktitle = {Social sciences and farming systems research: Methodological perspectives on agricultural development},
	series = {Westview special studies in agriculture science and policy},
	year = {1986},
	note = {Chapter 11},
	month = {1986},
	pages = {221-244},
	publisher = {Westview Press},
	organization = {Westview Press},
	address = {Boulder, CO},
	abstract = {This case study describes a Farming Systems project directed by the author in India with the faculty of Mohan Lal Sukhadia Agricultural University, the agricultural school for the State of Rajasthan. The project dealt with an arid zone where grain is produced in association nitrogen fixing trees. The multiple benefits of this association make it unlikely that farmers will change this production system unless major climatic or infrastructural changes occur. The probable persistence of this pattern has major implications for agricultural research strategies.},
	keywords = {agricultural systems, agroforestry, research , social sciences},
	isbn = {0-8133-7136-8},
	url = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13009091},
	author = {Barry H Michie},
	editor = {Jeffrey R Jones and Ben J. Wallace}
}
@article {829,
	title = {Prospects for agroforestry research in India{\textquoteright}s semi-arid tropics and at ICRISAT},
	year = {1986},
	note = {Consultancy Report},
	month = {August 25, 1986},
	institution = {Economics Group, Resource Management Program, ICRISAT},
	address = {Andhra Pradesh, India},
	abstract = {Agroforestry research centered on woody perennial and field crop combinations is in its infancy in India{\textquoteright}s SAT. Any proposed agroforestry research at ICRISAT should have an explicit link with crops in order to justify such research within ICRISAT{\textquoteright}s mandate. The development of an agroforestry program at ICRISAT should follow a farming systems research strategy based on strong links with target systems. And selection of species for research should be done carefully and purposefully with the target system in mind.},
	keywords = {crop combinations, field crops, research , woody crops},
	author = {Barry H. Michie}
}
@book {342,
	title = {Improved production systems as an alternative to shifting cultivation},
	series = {FAO Soils Bulletin no. 53},
	year = {1984},
	month = {1984},
	pages = {201},
	publisher = {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations},
	organization = {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations},
	address = {Rome},
	abstract = {Shifting cultivation, under its diverse forms of slash and burn systems, is a traditional method of cultivating tropical upland soils, mostly for subsistence purposes. During the rest or fallow periods intervening between crops, the natural fertility of the soil is restored for renewed utilization in a subsequent period of crop growth. This traditional system of cultivation is in ecological balance with the environment and does not irreversibly degrade the soil resource, provided a sufficient length of fallow is allowed for soil restoration.},
	keywords = {agricultural systems, agroecology, agroforestry, alley cropping, appropriate technology and intermediate technology, climate, farming systems, horticulture, livestock, rainfall, research , shifting cultivation, soil management, watersheds},
	isbn = {92-5-102121-X},
	url = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11418879},
	author = {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Soil Resources, Management and Conservation Service}
}
@conference {932,
	title = {Village-forest-gardens in West Java},
	booktitle = {Plant research and agroforestry: Proceedings of a consultative meeting held in Nairobi, 8 to 15 April 1981},
	year = {1983},
	month = {1983},
	pages = {13-24},
	publisher = {International Council for Research in Agroforestry},
	organization = {International Council for Research in Agroforestry},
	address = {Nairobi, Kenya},
	abstract = {Indonesian village-forest-gardens are distinctive types of agroforestry land use. They are species rich and possess sophisticated spatial structures and dynamics. Although mainly centered on subsistence production surplus products can provide a valuable cash income. Sustained yields are achieved under the present system of home-gardens and village-forest-gardens without any significant input of fertilizers or pesticides. They represent, for the mass of the rural population, the only asset for survival and material autonomy. Until recently, they have been studied only cursorily but these systems, which are far from "primitive," have many lessons to teach, and they are still susceptible to improvement if we learn enough about them. The two types of gardens are described in some detail and their importance to the farmer is discussed. (author)},
	keywords = {agriculture, agroforestry, botany, congresses, crops, research , tree crops},
	url = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11698847},
	author = {G Michon},
	editor = {Peter A. Huxley}
}
