Compound farms of southeastern Nigeria: |
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| Authors: | J C Okafor E C M Fernandes |
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| Institution: | (1) Forestry Development and Investigation Branch, Forestry Commission, P.M.B. 1028, Enugu, Anambra State, Nigeria;(2) The International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), P.O. Box 30677, Nairobi, Kenya;(3) Present address: Tropical Soils Research Program, Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, P.O. Box 7619, 27695-7619 Raleigh, NC, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Compound farms are a homegarden-type of agroforestry system involving the deliberate management of multipurpose trees and shrubs in a multistoried association with agricultural crops and small livestock within the compounds of individual houses. In addition to the advantages of diversified production, risk minimization, improved labour and nutrient use efficiences and soil conservation, compound farms represent germplasm banks containing many of the useful tree/ shrub species currently disappearing due to indiscriminate clearing of fore and woodlands. |
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| Keywords: | agroforestry homegarden compound farm germplasm conservation tree improvement |
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