Development of microclimate modification patterns in agroforestry

Abstract

This literature review is largely an internal one. As follows from many parts of this book, my associates and I have written most abundantly on microclimates in agroforestry. In Part I and in Chap. IV.9 I have discussed the sixteen years (1985-2001) of the Traditional Techniques of Microclimate Improvement (TTMI) Project in Africa. Results are scattered in case studies throughout this book. In Sect. III.2.1.(f) I have discussed and exemplified from China and India the development of microclimate modification patterns in monocropping and related farm practices. In Sect. III.2.2.(ii) the agroforestry came along in this context when Ajit Govind discussed the role of indigenous knowledge. In Sect. III.2.3.(A) I mentioned agroforestry interventions in monocropping for protection purposes and in Sect. III.3.1.(e) I wrote about soil protection by fodder plants in association with fruit trees, and grasses associated with plantation trees. I also wrote there that in even more complex agroforestry, silvopastoral systems are also common. At the same time this shows the variable picture of generation and use that microclimate paterns must show in agroforestry. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.