May 21, 2013 at 04:07PM Agroforestry: interactions between products and environmental services

As well as providing both food and non-food products, agroforestry also provides numerous environmental services. The SAFSE research project, which has just begun, should eventually result in a knowledge base that will serve to optimize trade-offs and synergies between products and other ecosystem services.

via CIRAD - Actualités / News http://www.cirad.fr/news/all-news-items/articles/2013/science/safse-project-trade-offs-within-agroforestry-systems