Abstract
The agroforestry garden system in Maninjau in West Sumatra is characterized by an intensive integration of forest species and commercial crops, forming a forest-like system. The intimate association of different species provides both subsistence and commercial products which supplement rice production. This complex agroforest is managed by the combination between cultural practices and respect of natural processes of vegetation production and reproduction. It represents a profitable production system and constitutes an efficient buffer between villages and protected forest. It is a good model of association between integration of forest resources and cultivation of cash crops in the form of a sustainable and flexible system.
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Michon, G., Mary, F. & Bompard, J. Multistoried agroforestry garden system in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Agroforest Syst 4, 315–338 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00048106
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