Agroforestry: Enhancing resiliency in U.S. agricultural landscapes under changing conditions

Abstract

Agroforestry, the intentional integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal production systems, is being deployed to enhance productivity, profitability, and environmental stewardship of agricultural operations and lands across the United States. This assessment provides a science-based synthesis on the use of agroforestry for mitigation and adaptation services in the face of climatic variability and change. It provides technical input to land-use sector issues in the National Climate Assessment (NCA) and serves as a framework for including agroforestry systems in agricultural strategies to improve productivity and food security and to build resilience in these landscapes. It also provides follow-up to the technical input report by Walthall et al. (2012) that established the need for innovative strategies to address significant climatic variability challenges faced by U.S. agriculture.

Titles contained within Agroforestry: Enhancing resiliency in U.S. agricultural landscapes under changing conditions

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Reducing threats and enhancing resiliency
• Chapter 3: Greenhouse gas mitigation and accounting
• Chapter 4: Valuation of agroforestry services
• Chapter 5: Human dimensions of agroforestry systems
• Chapter 6: Agroforestry resources
• Chapter 7: Expanding the North American perspective - Canada
• Chapter 8: Expanding the North American perspective - Mexico
• Chapter 9: Challenges and opportunities
• Appendix A: Regional summaries: Alaska
• Appendix A: Regional summaries: Hawaii and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
• Appendix A: Regional summaries: Northwest
• Appendix A: Regional summaries: Southwest
• Appendix A: Regional summaries: Great Plains
• Appendix A: Regional summaries: Midwest
• Appendix A: Regional summaries: Northeast
• Appendix A: Regional summaries: Southeast and Caribbean
• Appendix B: Risk-based framework for evaluating adaptation and mitigation strategies
• Appendix B: Evaluation of agroforestry for reducing soil erosion
• Appendix B: Evaluation of agroforestry for protecting coldwater fish habitat
• Appendix B: Evaluation of agroforestry for carbon sequestration
• Appendix B: Suitable tree species under a changing climate

Citation

Schoeneberger, Michele M.; Bentrup, Gary; Patel-Weynand, Toral, eds. 2017. Agroforestry: Enhancing resiliency in U.S. agricultural landscapes under changing conditions. Gen. Tech. Report WO-96. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 228 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/WO-GTR-96.