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tree covering helps block out wind, helping to boost water retention levels
that can help produce a more robust crop yield.

Remember………

There is nothing better than a tree to simultaneously:

 Sequester carbon from the atmosphere
 Bring up water and nutrients from depth
 Provide a framework for above- and below-ground biodiversity to
flourish
 Build up soil organic matter and thus soil carbon - Offer new farm
diversification enterprises
 Make agricultural landscapes more resilient
 Record climate history
 Reduce loss of soil by reducing surface run-off.
 Enrich the soil through biological nitrogen fixation.

 Improves soil physical conditions by increasing water holding
capacity.
 In helps in nutrient cycling that conserve soil.
 It protects the natural flora and fauna within the soil.

 Agroforestry involves a wide range of trees that are protected, regenerated,
planted or managed in agricultural landscapes as they interact with annual
crops, livestock, wildlife and humans. Trees essentially provide two things:
products and services. Tree products include fruit, nuts, oils, beverages,
gums, resins, latex, flavors, leaves for food and nutrition, fodder for
livestock, timber, fuel wood and biomass for energy production, and
medicines that treat disease.

 Besides products, trees also provide services such as hosting edible insects,
serving as bee habitats for pollination, providing shelter from wind and sun,
modifying micro-climates, nitrogen fixation, erosion control, refugee for
biodiversity, and better regulation of water, including groundwater recharge.
Trees are fundamental for land regeneration.

 Cultural values and symbolic functions have been attributed to trees; in
some community’s particular trees have a sacred status, are used in

cultural rituals and play a central role in stories and myths. Trees have also