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Role of Tree-Based Systems in Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition

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Tree-based systems: Agroforestry; farmer-managed natural regeneration; agroforests, parklands, woodlands, forests, shrublands, rangelands

Organic fertilizers: Green fertilizers, improved fallows

Forest and tree foods: Edible products from forests and trees such as fruits, seeds, roots, mushrooms, termites, bushmeat, etc.

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Tree-based system:

This term is used in a synonymous way with agroforestry with particular emphasis on agricultural systems, forest, woodlands, shrubland, as well as pastoral or rangeland system in which woody perennials play significant environmental, social, and economic roles (Place et al. 2016). In this regard, agroforestry as defined by Dawson et al. (2013) refers to an integration of trees with annual crop cultivation, livestock production, and other farm activities. It ranges from open parkland assemblages, to dense imitations of tropical rainforests such as home gardens, to planted mixtures of only a few species, to trees planted in hedges...

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  1. African Forest Forum, C/o World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya

    Vincent Onguso Oeba

  2. Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Département de Production Animale, Université de Diffa, Diffa, Niger

    Salamatou Illiassou Abdourahamane

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Oeba, V.O., Abdourahamane, S.I. (2019). Role of Tree-Based Systems in Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69626-3_76-1

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