How to Improve Adoption of Agroforestry Systems Among Small Farmers in Peruvian Amazon

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This article surveys factors affecting the acceptibility rate of a multistrata agroforestry system.

Research Goals & Methods

Small farmers from three communities in central Peru were surveyed and data was collected on farm and houshold characteristics, cultivated crops and tree species, and agroforestry practices.

Conclusions & Takewaways

Farmers familiar with more diversified farming systems who already cultivate multiple species show an increased acceptance of the multistrata agroforestry system. Acceptance of the system decreased among farmers with more livestock. A large proportion of the farmers already cultivate both timber and fruit trees in their fields and thus practice some form of agroforestry.