Common agroforestry practices Agroforestry practices, components and explanation: 1. Taungya: Is s system with trees and agricultural crops. Commonly used in the establishment of forest plantations 2. Home gardens: Is a system with components with several species of trees and agricultural crops. A multi-storey system with mixed species of trees, shrubs and crops usually grown around homesteads. The tree can provide fruits, medicines and fodder 3. Shifting cultivation (fallows): Has components of trees, agricultural crops and animals. This system forms local land use where virgin land is cleared for cultivation then repetitively abandoned to regenerate fertility naturally and re-cultivated. Recently these have been developed into improved fallow with highly effective shrubs such as Cajanus cajan and Sesbania sesban. 4. Wind breaks: Has components of tree and agricultural crops. The trees are planted in rows around the perimeter of a farm primarily to lessen the power of wind to damage crops. 5. Hedge row intercropping: The components are agricultural crops and tree/shrubs. The trees or shrubs managed as hedges normally spaced to allow several rows of crops between them. Trees or shrubs are periodically lopped to produce fodder or mulch. 6. Fertilizer tree systems: Have components of trees and crops. Any of the various combination and arrangements of mainly leguminous tress or shrubs with crops purposely planted to allow crops to benefit form the nitrogen fixed by the trees or shrubs and Acacia albida and Luceana spp. Are known for their fertilizing capacity. 7. Shade trees: Is composed by trees, agricultural crops and animals. Trees grown specifically to provide shade to crops that tolerate shade in hot environments