Knowledge systems in agroforestry

Reference Type	Conference Paper
Year of Publication	1993
Contributors	Author: Wieland Künzel
Secondary Title	Proceedings of the Workshop on Research Methodologies and Applications for Pacific Island Agroforestry July 16-20, 1990, Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Series Title	General technical report PSW-GTR-140
Pagination	75-77
Date Published	01/1993
Publisher	U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station (Berkeley, CA)
Conference Location	Albany, CA
Language	English
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Collection Topic	Agroforestry Soil Sustainable Agriculture
Abstract	Pacific Islands agroforestry has evolved into sustainable, diverse and productive land use systems in many areas. We marvel at these systems, and the scientific world is trying to catch up with the traditional knowledge. At the same time, Pacific Islands farmers are abandoning their agroforestry systems in great numbers. It is mainly intensified agriculture for cash crop production that follows. Soil erosion and soil fertility deficiencies are close companions of this intensification. Why do land use systems that have been operative for centuries disappear so easily? Can "modern" agroforestry systems lead to the destruction of "traditional" ones? The paper explores the importance of knowledge systems in agroforestry innovations. (author)
URL	https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr140/psw_gtr140.pdf