Silvopastoral restoration to enhance ecosystem services and increase farmers' income

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Agronomic Institute of Tunisiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationDirection Générale des Forêtsen
cg.contributor.affiliationOregon State Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationEcole Supérieure d'Agriculture de Mateuren
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR System Organizationen
cg.contributor.initiativeLivestock and Climate
cg.coverage.countryTunisia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TN
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africa
cg.creator.identifierLouhaichi, Mounir: 0000-0002-4543-7631
cg.creator.identifierGamoun, Mouldi: 0000-0003-3714-7674
cg.creator.identifierHassan, Sawsan: 0000-0002-5057-8957
cg.creator.identifierSlim, Slim: 0000-0001-8294-0685
cg.creator.identifierAtes, Serkan: 0000-0001-6825-3248
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
dc.contributor.authorLouhaichi, Mouniren
dc.contributor.authorGamoun, Mouldien
dc.contributor.authorHamdeni, Imtineneen
dc.contributor.authorHassan, Sawsanen
dc.contributor.authorSlim, Slimen
dc.contributor.authorJamel, Kaileneen
dc.contributor.authorAtes, Serkanen
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-20T17:12:27Zen
dc.date.available2024-03-20T17:12:27Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140524
dc.titleSilvopastoral restoration to enhance ecosystem services and increase farmers' incomeen
dcterms.abstractSilvopastoral systems (SPS) are deemed as agroecological solutions that hold great potential to reduce pressure on already degraded forest and rangeland resources while synergistically enhancing livestock productivity and improve farmers’ livelihoods. Despite the vital role of SPS in improving the livelihoods of rural people, they are subject to human and climate drivers that can result in reduced productivity. This study aims to develop a sustainable SPS in Central Tunisia to alleviate the anthropogenic effects of climate change through establishing a SPS, in which shrubs/trees are combined with persistent pasture species and beekeeping activity. Native legume species such as sulla (Hedysarum coronarium), shrubs species such as tree medick (Medicago arborea) and tree species such as carob (Ceratonia siliqua) were used to improve soil quality, enhance carbon sequestration, income diversification and biodiversity conservation. Results indicated a higher biomass production from sulla planted areas (5.3 t DM/ha) than control pastures (1.2 t DM/ha). Similarly, a substantial improvement in total carbon (0.79% vs. 0.16%) in topsoil (0-20 cm), organic matter (1.37% vs. 0.28%) and total nitrogen (1.39% vs. 0.78%) were recorded through incorporating sulla in pastures. With 15 hives per ha in sulla plots combined with substantial reduction in the cost of livestock feeding, a noticeable increase was reflected in the income of farmers in the region. Therefore, diversification of the SPS using forage legume-pollinator is strongly recommended for strengthening SPS and improving livelihood of the Mediterranean silvopastoral communitiesen
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2023-02-09
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMounir Louhaichi, Mouldi Gamoun, Imtinene Hamdeni, Sawsan Hassan, Slim Slim, Kailene Jamel, Serkan Ates. (9/2/2023). Silvopastoral restoration to enhance ecosystem services and increase farmers' income. Kentucky, United States of America.en
dcterms.formatPDFen
dcterms.issued1970-01-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherCurran Associatesen
dcterms.subjectwater harvestingen
dcterms.subjectsoil erosionen
dcterms.subjectmultipurpose treesen
dcterms.subjectsullaen
dcterms.subjectforage legumeen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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