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Table 15.3

ASB matrix comparing the environmental, agronomic, socioeconomic and policy aspects of the alternative land-use systems

Meta–Land- use systems

Global environmental

concerns

Agronomic sustainability

Smallholders’ socioeconomic

concerns

Policy and institutional issues

Carbon sequestration (above-ground time-averaged; Mt/ha)

Biodiversity (above-ground plant species per plot)

Plot-level production sustainability (overall rating)

Potential profitability (returns to land, US$/ha)

Employment (average labour input; d/ha/yr)

Production incentives at private prices (returns to labour; US$/d)

ForestsComplex agroforestsSimple agroforests;

intensive tree crops

Crop–fallow rotationsContinuous annual cropsGrasslands, pasturesSource

: Modified from ASB (1996)