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Alley Cropping

The combination of agricultural or horticultural crops with rows of trees that can shelter and provide nutrients to crops while producing useful products like fruits or nuts. Alley cropping can also be a way to utilize ground in an orchard for crops when trees are establishing.


Resources:
  • Hodge, S., Garrett, H. E., & Bratton, J. (1999). “Alley cropping: An agroforestry practice.” Agroforestry Notes (11). http://nac.unl.edu/documents/agroforestrynotes/an12ac01.pdf


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