Ecological-socioeconomic trade-offs in coffee agroforestry: a comparative systematic review of Ethiopia and China and a dual-pathway transition framework

Agroforestry in India: analysis and critical synthesis of environmental, economic, and institutional dimensions for policy support

Revisiting Traditional Agricultural Systems: Ecological Functions, Socio-economic Significance, Trade-offs and Priorities for Dynamic Conservation

Traditional agricultural systems (TAS) are place-adapted social-ecological systems in which crop, livestock, aquatic and tree diversity, ecological processes, local knowledge and community institutions have co-evolved with food production. Their contemporary significance is increasingly invoked in debates on biodiversi...

Agroforestry-Driven Sustainability Transitions in the Indian Himalayan Region: Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development Goals

The Indian Himalayan region (IHR) is enriched with natural resources and different agroclimatic zones sustaining a large population. IHR is ecologically fragile, and increasingly under threat by overexploitations, and climate change that decreases the sustainable productivity affecting the mountain livelihoods. In the...

Agroforestry as a Pathway to Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in India: Ecosystem Services, Economic Benefits and Adoption Challenges

Agroforestry integrates trees with crops and/or livestock and can simultaneously contribute to farm production, environmental protection and livelihood diversification. This review examines the economic, environmental and social dimensions of agroforestry in India, with particular attention to rural livelihoods, ecosys...

Indigenous agroforestry as a nature-based climate solution: meta-analytic evidence from shifting cultivation landscapes of Northeast India

Why do maize–legume intercropping systems in the changing agricultural landscapes of the Yucatán Peninsula show high agroecological potential but limited adoption?

Maize ( Zea mays L.)–legume intercropping systems are widely promoted as sustainable strategies to improve productivity and ecosystem functioning in smallholder farming systems across Mexico; however, a fundamental question remains unresolved: why do systems with demonstrated agroecological potential continue to...