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Random mixture

- in orderly arrangement
of components of crops
- multi-storied structure
that approximates
tropical rainforest

Plate 10: Random Mixture of
trees, coconut and
other vegetation

C. Based on Temporal
Arrangement of Crops

Crop rotation system
includes all agroforestry
systems where
agricultural crops are
alternately grown with
tree crops over time.

Plate 11: Agroforestry: Temporal Arrangement

a) Cyclical/Swidden or Shifting
Cultivation

- Types of farming in which
the forest is cleared, dried
and burned and the land
is either cultivated/tilled
extensively or not for
growing agricultural
crops
Plate 12: Agroforestry-
Swidden Cultivation