Reconnecting to Pacific Island breadfruit …...Pacific Island breadfruit agroforestry landscapes...
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Reconnecting to Pacific Island breadfruit agroforestry landscapes
Rising Voices June 30, 2015
Craig Elevitch
Agroforestry Net/Olohana Cornell University (PhD student)
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Masters
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We have not been stewarding lands for sustainable environmental, cultural, and human health.
Kahului
Hamakua Holualoa
Track record 200 years
Lāna‘i 2013
• Land and water degradation
• Food insecurity
• Reduced land access • Public unawareness
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We have not been stewarding lands for sustainable environmental, cultural, and human health.
Kahului
Hamakua Holualoa
‘Upolu, Samoa
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Lana‘i City
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Lana‘i City
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Lana‘i City
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Multistory Agroforestry
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Multistory agroforest
Crop Estimated yield of one plant (personal nutrition-days/yr)
Breadfruit 60–188
Banana 15
Coconut 44 (from kernel)
Understory of taro, cassava, yam, sweetpotato, etc.
Substantial addition
Total 119–247
Yields source: Specialty Crops of Pacific Islands (2011)
Low input Captures nutrients Pest and disease resistant Multiple crops Environmental services Resilient
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•“Lived-in” environments •Connected to cultural, human health
•Abundant, sustainable •Economic diversity
35 ft diameter homegarden agroforest
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•“Lived-in” environments •Connected to cultural, human health
•Abundant, sustainable •Economic diversity
35 ft diameter homegarden agroforest
PA‘auilo, Hawai‘i
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Biomass
Years 1 5
High
Low
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Biological growth
Expansion Decline
(Zeide 1993)
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Lifestyle shift •“Lived-in” environments •Connected to cultural, human health
•Abundant, sustainable •Economic diversity
I ke alo no ka ‘ulu a hala. The breadfruit was just in
front and it was missed.
‘Olelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings