Agroforestry has been traditionally practiced although
it does not go under the name ‘agroforestry’. The VAC-R-
systems (vuon-ao-chuong-rung or garden-pond-livestock-
forest) expanded largely in the 1960-90s. Taungya is often
practiced to introduce reforestation by intercropping annu
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al crops with tree seedlings during the first 1-3 years until
the tree canopy has closed.
‘Integrated agroforestry’ is originally used to denote
the integration of trees and crops (in one field) such as
intercropping alley cropping parkland - sometimes includ
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ing livestock. Agroforestry in the northern uplands of Viet
Nam can at best be described as temporarily integrated in
transition from segregated mosaic monocultures of maize
or cassava to timber-tree mono-plantation (typically Aca
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cia Eucalypts Manglietia Melia).
Publication year
2015
Authors
Catacutan, D.; Dao, T.; Le, T.; Simelton, E.
Keywords
Deforestation, Agroforestry, Development, Environmental protection, Humid tropics, Poverty, Slash and burn agriculture
