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082	0	4	_a41285
100			_aJones, J.R. _981522
100	1		_9106891 _aPRICE, N.
260			_c1985
520			_aWhile agroforestry is fairly recent as a research focus, the integration of forestry and other agricultural activities is a well established indigenous practice in many parts of the world. As such, it is a tested technology which can be adapted to economic and environmental development goals in order to avoid the problems of structural incompatibility often associated with the introduction of modern production techniques. Since the interactive benefits of agroforestry systems are often not immediately apparent, a holistic interpretive framework for on-farm activities such as the Farming Systems Research (FSR) methodology is necessary to understand or suggest adaptations in these systems. This paper outlines the biological contribution of trees on farms, and describes some common agroforestry systems in Costa Rica. As an example of how an FSR approach can be used in the analysis of agroforestry systems, a recent analysis of farmer motivations for participation in a fuelwood plantation project in Piedades Norte, Costa Rica, is discussed. This study revealed that farmers wished to have trees on their farms, but based the decision to plant on non-material benefits such as the protection of farmland, plants and animals from the elements, in addition to material products such as fuelwood or posts. Forestry project in the past have tended to overlook these factors in favor of commercial wood production. The paper concludes that promotion of forestry activities can be greatly facilitated through the application of the FSR methodology to better undestand farmers' motivations for planting or maintaining trees on farms, and thereby avoid the recommendation of production techniques and species which do not address immediate forestry needs of farming populations, or which conflict with other farm priorities
650	1	4	_9134976 _aAGROFORESTERIA
650	1	4	_9164829 _aSISTEMAS DE CULTIVO
650	1	4	_9152890 _aLEÑA
650	1	4	_92064 _aCOSTA RICA
691			_9134979 _aAGROFORESTRY
691			_9142769 _aCROPPING SYSTEMS
691			_aCOSTA RICA _92064
692			_aAGROFORESTERIE
692			_aSYSTEME DE CULTURE
692			_aCOSTA RICA
773	0		_tHuman Organization (EUA) _d1985 _gv.44(4) p.322-331
040			_aCR-TuBCO _cCR-TuBCO _bEs
245	1	0	_aAgroforestry: an application of the farming systems approach to forestry
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