National Agroforestry Center
Making Trees Outside Forests Count
Trees outside forests are an undercounted resource. Learn about the process used by the USDA National Agroforestry Center and its partners to make these trees count!
View Story MapAgroforestry Strategic Framework
The Agroforestry Strategic Framework for fiscal years 2019-2024 has been released!
Read FrameworkEnhancing Resiliency in U.S. Agricultural Landscapes Under Changing Conditions
Agroforestry can provide mitigation and adaptation services with a changing climate.
Open ReportWindbreaks in the United States
A systematic review of producer-reported benefits, challenges, management activities and drivers of adoption.
Open ReportPromoting Pollinators with Agroforestry
A systematic review on how temperate agroforestry systems influence insect pollinators and their pollination services.
Open ReportWindbreaks of the Great Plains
A story map that visually depicts the history, status, and opportunities with windbreaks in the Great Plains.
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Accelerating the adoption of agroforestry
The mission of the USDA National Agroforestry Center is to advance the health, diversity, and productivity of working lands, waters, and communities through agroforestry. Read more about the Center…
Practices
Agroforestry systems include many conservation and production practices. These practices take advantage of the interactive benefits from growing together trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.
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Resources
The USDA National Agroforestry Center has developed a wide range of interactive, print and other resources to share information about agroforestry.
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Topics
Landowners, producers, agencies and organizations all have a variety of social, environmental and financial goals, concerns and desires. Agroforestry systems are an option that can be designed to achieve multiple goals.
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2018 NAC Highlights Report
This report takes a look back and highlights some of the projects and events the National Agroforestry Center was involved with in 2018.
Webinar Library
This resource provides links to archived webinars hosted by NAC partners on agroforestry topics.
Agroforestry: Enhancing Resiliency in U.S. Agricultural Landscapes Under Changing Conditions
This report presents the first-ever synthesis on agroforestry as a mechanism to provide mitigation and adaptation services in the face of a changing climate.
Interactive Practice Standards Map
Use this interactive map to see if your state offers standards for the following practices: Alley Cropping, Multistory Cropping (Forest Farming), Riparian Forest Buffers, Silvopasture, Windbreak Establishment, and Windbreak Renovation.