Agroforestry to increase food security and decrease global warming

Agroforestry is the growing of crops and trees together. Mutual benefits of crops and trees can increase crop yields and food security. Agroforestry is also a solution for climate change because agroforestry stores more carbon into the soil, and, in turn, decrease atmospheric CO2, a greenhouse gas. The review article by Lorenz and Lal analyses the actual knowledge on the potential of agroforestry to store carbon in soils

 

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