An equation for the replacement value of agroforestry |
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Authors: | W. G. Moseley |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan, 48109 Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
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Abstract: | This article examines some of the existing analytical tools which quantify both the ecological and economic aspects of intercropping decisions. The characteristics of tree crops are evaluated to determine how a specific tool, the replacement value of intercropping (RVI), could be modified to better interpret agroforestry improvements to bush fallow farming systems. The modified equation captures some of the potential production improvements associated with agroforestry by accounting for the fraction of time that a field is actually in production over the long run. The result is an improved estimate of the average annual difference between a tree/crop polyculture and a monoculture system which employs fallows. |
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Keywords: | agroforestry economics fallow replacement value of intercropping (RVI) R factor sustainability |
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