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Alley cropping

Agroforestry that grows crops in the alleys between rows of trees or shrubs, combining tree benefits such as soil improvement and microclimate moderation with continued crop production.

Definition source: World Agroforestry (ICRAF); AGROVOC: alley cropping

Synonyms

hedgerow intercropping

Broader

Agroforestry

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Intervention addresses a climate hazard, OR produces a qualifying outcome (adaptation-specific or hazard-conditioned), OR produces an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when done purely for productivity, market, or development with no hazard link and no hazard-referenced result.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

INT_062 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_062
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_062)