Socioeconomic research in agroforestry: a decade in review

摘要: Agroforestry research in academia and government non-governmental agencies began by focusing on biophysical aspects. As this science represents a series of practices implemented individual farmers, it requires in-depth social economic analyses to assess feasibility agroforestry systems, factors influencing the adoption agroforestry, monitor relevance effectiveness investigations, guide future efforts. This study presents literature dealing with socioeconomic issues from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, gray 1992 2002. Over 500 publications were analyzed determine relative dominance geographical regions, types analyses, technologies, issues. Trends examined over time region. Overall, body exhibits an increasing trend toward regional analytical diversity time. Some deficiencies thematic nature observed, which included underrepresented temperate regions technologies such as riparian buffers, well only small number papers gender property rights. These suggest opportunities for investigations.