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The concept of “optimization” of the production of various products and services, with minimum risk, from a unit of land, as opposed to “maximization” of a single commodity in monocultural production systems, may be considered new in agroforestry since about 20 years (Lundgren 1897; Nair 1989). For the time being, methods that are low-cost and affordable by farmers must be found to redress the degradation of the natural resources base, particularly soils and forests, while farmers and rural communities need institutional mechanisms that can begin to place pressure and build leverage so that their voices and concerns can be acted upon and implemented (Scott 1996).
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Stigter, K. (2010). Designing and Communicating Improvements in Farm Applications of Risk Information Products in Agroforestry. In: Stigter, K. (eds) Applied Agrometeorology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74698-0_85
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