Multistrata Agroforestry
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Provided by: Project Drawdown|Published on: January 30, 2024
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Synopsis
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- This article explores the nature of multistrata agroforestry, how this agricultural system can impact food production, and multistrata agroforestry's ability to sequester large amounts of carbon.
- Students will learn the impact of multistrata agroforestry on biodiversity, agricultural revenue, and emissions reduction.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Economics
Authors: Project Drawdown
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- This article includes a What You Can Do section providing some tips for living sustainably.
- This article does an excellent job of explaining its research methodology.
Additional Prerequisites
- The first link in the References section is broken, but it isn't necessary for understanding the article.
- The Limitations section of this article provides valuable context for readers.
- Some students, especially ELL students, will need the terms multistrata, sequester, land degradation, afforestation, mitigation, hectare, and others defined before reading the article.
- Many Project Drawdown articles about land sinks and shifting agricultural practices mention the Project Drawdown Agro-Ecological Zone model. It may benefit students to understand this model before reading the article.
Differentiation
- This article pairs well with other solutions from Project Drawdown's Table of Solutions to create a lesson on potential solutions to climate change.
- Students can use this article for an informative essay on agricultural practices that are eco-friendly and economically sound.
- Science students can discuss the connection between agriculture and biodiversity.
- This article can enhance a classroom discussion on the differences between multistrata agroforestry and other agricultural systems.
- Younger students or students with low reading stamina can read this article as a whole class or read the column on the right and the definition at the top individually.
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Project Drawdown
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