ISSN:
1572-9680
Keywords:
Africa
;
GIS
;
satellite imagery
;
database
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract The growing awareness of the importance and potential of agroforestry has resulted in an invaluable proliferation of site specific case studies. These presently exist in the necessary quantity and quality so as to facilitate their aggregate utilization in larger-scale research and application inquiry. We report here an approach for aggregating and using agroforestry case studies for agroforestry-related research at scales larger than the local site. The work presented here describes how ICRAF's agroforestry database — the primary source of case studies — can be used in combination with satellite imagery, and ancillary information, via matrix operations and a geographic information system, to produce a GIS-based agroforestry research tool for subSaharan Africa. This tool is used in a large-scale and preliminary way, to estimate the areas to which appropriate agroforestry systems in Africa might be extended.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00713850
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