agroforestry
noun
ag·ro·for·est·ry
ˌa-grō-ˈfȯr-ə-strē 
-ˈfär-
: land management involving the growing of trees in association with food crops or pastures
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The following year, the agroforestry practice grew bolder, welcoming poplar and pomegranate trees into the mix and stretching across three hectares — agroforestry counting for 0.6 hectares, classic monoculture for 2.4 hectares.
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Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
New kinds of agroforestry, for example, use sustainable harvest of forest products and crops that can grow among trees.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Farmers also plant coffee interspersed with food crops in a practice called agroforestry.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In agroforestry systems, shade trees can buffer heat and drought, often reducing evaporation from soil and moderating plants’ water stress.
—Paul Mwebaze, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
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Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
New kinds of agroforestry, for example, use sustainable harvest of forest products and crops that can grow among trees.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Farmers also plant coffee interspersed with food crops in a practice called agroforestry.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In agroforestry systems, shade trees can buffer heat and drought, often reducing evaporation from soil and moderating plants’ water stress.
—Paul Mwebaze, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for agroforestry
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“Agroforestry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agroforestry. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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