Forest Farming

At a glance..

Farmers and foresters often find it difficult to obtain adequate information and advice on economic trees and shrubs for agri-silviculture in convenient and consolidated form. This book is intended to meet the need for a handy reference and working manual.

The details..

"When you cannot make constructive use of your books any more, give them to someone who can." This is what Richard B. Gregg wrote in a letter to E.F Schumacher before sending him Tree Crops - A Permanent Agriculture by J.Russell Smith, one of the exceptional books that changed Schumacher's perspective on agriculture forever. Forest Farming: Towards a Solution to Problems of World Hunger and Conservation written by J.Sholto Douglas & Robert A.de J.Hart aims at exploring how forest farming can increase world production sustainably while preserving our environment.

The book explains ecological cultivation techniques for designing and planting forests that produce leguminous nuts, fruits, oil crops as well as fodder using temperate uplands or deserts fields for expansion.

The authors provide detailed information about choosing trees suitable for different purposes such as acorns from oak trees used in animal feed or chestnuts grown commercially for human consumption; they also discuss ancillary species like grasses and herbage useful for conservation purposes.

With diagrams showing examples of tree nursery layouts with supporting facilities along with measuring devices used during plantation process this book provides an excellent guide towards sustainable forestry practices.