Editing Permaculture (section)

=== Agroforestry ===

[[File:Faidherbia albida.JPG|thumb|[[Agroforestry]] in Burkina Faso, with maize under trees]]

[[Agroforestry]] uses the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops or livestock. It combines agricultural and [[forestry]] technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy and sustainable land-use systems.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 August 2011 |title=USDA National Agroforestry Center (NAC) |url=http://nac.unl.edu |access-date=21 October 2011 |publisher=UNL |archive-date=12 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812062112/http://nac.unl.edu/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Trees or shrubs are intentionally used within agricultural systems, or [[non-timber forest product]]s are cultured in forest settings.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 August 2011 |title=USDA Agroforestry Strategic Framework |url=https://www.usda.gov/documents/OC/FactSheet_final_8-1-11.pdf |access-date=19 January 2017 |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture}}</ref>