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TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS, BOTH SUSTAINABLE AND BIODIVERSE AGROFORESTRY IN THE CARIBBEAN By Michael Morgan and Thomas W. Zimmerman
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T R A D I T I O N A L S Y S T E M S , B O T H S U S T A I N A B L E A N D B I O D I V E R S E
AGROFORESTRY IN THE CARIBBEAN
By Michael Morgan and Thomas W. Zimmerman
AGROFORESTRY
• The association of crops, trees and domestic
animals.
• Has existed since the dawn of agriculture some
11,000 years ago.
TAUNGYA
• Burmese word.
• Letting people use land on a temporary basis.
• In exchange for planting and care for trees, they
are allowed to grow crops like corn or rice amongst
the small trees. When trees shade crops, they move
on.