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Adoption of Sustainable Land Uses in Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case for Agroforestry

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  • Utkur Djanibekov

    (Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR), University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 174, Bonn 53115, Germany)

  • Grace B. Villamor

    (Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, Bonn 53113, Germany)

  • Klara Dzhakypbekova

    (Agricultural Sciences and Resource Management in Tropics and Subtropics, University of Bonn, Nussallee 1, Bonn 53115, Germany)

  • James Chamberlain

    (Research Forest Products Technologist, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, FIA, 1710 Research Center Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA)

  • Jianchu Xu

    (World Agroforestry Centre—East and Central Asia, c/o: Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming 650201, China)

Abstract

We examine constraints and opportunities to enhance adoption of agroforestry for ecosystem and livelihood improvement in post-Soviet economies, using Central Asian countries as examples. Using a coevolutionary socio-ecological systems framework, we describe how development efforts, especially agricultural policies, under centrally planned regimes and under transition to market economies have changed environmental conditions, and how they affect peoples’ welfare. We then discuss agroforestry as a sustainable land use practice to address these issues. We present regional-specific and -suitable agroforestry practices, and discuss their potential. We found that legacies from the previous period of central planning shape current land uses, institutions, infrastructure and decisions of farmers, and constrain development of agroforestry. By identifying opportunities and constraints of agroforestry, we provide recommendations for enhancing the use of agroforestry in Central Asia.

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  • Utkur Djanibekov & Grace B. Villamor & Klara Dzhakypbekova & James Chamberlain & Jianchu Xu, 2016. "Adoption of Sustainable Land Uses in Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case for Agroforestry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-16, October.
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