Polyculture

thumb|upright=1.35|Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and [[Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso ]] Agroforestry (also known as agro-sylviculture or forest farming) is a land use management system that integrates trees with crops or pasture. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies. As a polyculture system, an agroforestry system can produce timber and wood products, fruits, nuts, other edible plant products, edible mushrooms, medicinal plants, ornamental plants, animals and animal products, and other products from both domesticated and wild species.

thumb|upright=1.35|Asimina triloba|Pawpaw trees growing under mulberry trees, a [[forest gardening style of polyculture]]

Agricultural system

coffee grown under a canopy of trees

polyculture in Asia