The importance of agroforestry hay and walnut production in the walnut-fruit forests of southern Kyrgyzstan   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Maik Rehnus  Davlet Mamadzhanov  Bronislav Ivanovitch Venglovsky  Jean-Pierre Sorg 《Agroforestry Systems》2013,87(1):1-12

Walnut-fruit forests (WFF) in Kyrgyzstan are biodiversity hotspots, provide important ecosystem services, and are of economic value yet currently suffer from a lack of sustainable management. We analysed current agroforestry practices through a series of interviews with farmers and reviewed the input–output data for 5 years of hay and walnut production for three case studies. The interviews showed that hay-making and walnut collection are the primary agroforestry practices in the WFF and have clear economic importance. Walnut in particular is a source of additional income for farmers and hay-making activities are strongly influenced by the need to winter cattle in these regions. The low reliability of interview data limited the planned analysis of profitability of case studies. Walnut production, however, is difficult to calculate because it is highly dependent on weather conditions and cropping practices between walnut trees (Juglans regia L.). This study highlights the need for improved agroforestry technologies in the WFF and identifies potential means for a sustainable, multi-purpose management of the WFF with a special focus on income generation.  相似文献   

High demand for firewood leads to overuse of walnut-fruit forests in Kyrgyzstan     

Maik Rehnus  Annemarie Nazarek  Davlet Mamadzhanov  Bronislav Ivanovitch Venglovsky  Jean-Pierre Sorg 《林业研究》2013,24(4):797-800

After Kyrgyzstan gained independence in 1991, the importance of the primary sector for food-and energy-supply increased significantly. This has led to a discussion about the sustainability of current f...  相似文献