Peculiarities and effects of agroforestry

Abstract

Security of the functioning of agriculture has long been very important. Today's agriculture is focused on activity diversification, which allows to develop activities using less financial resources, because usually farming technologies, naturally reproducing and supporting soil fertility, are being applied. One of the possibilities of expression of agricultural activity diversification is the specific type of farming currently becoming more and more popular in the world, i.e. agroforestry. In Lithuania, this term is still relatively new, and such farming practice is not popular. The article reveals the characteristics of agroforestry and its implementation types and ways, the identified economic, environmental and social effects of this type of farming not only for farmers, but also for the environment and communities.