Abstract:
Traditional agroforestry practices have existed for a long time in Uganda although these practices
have been rarely documented. In Northern Uganda it is common practice to intercrop Ca/anus ca/an
with millet and simsim, while in Soroti and Kumi districts, Tamarindus indica, Mangifera md/ca and
V/tel/aria paradoxa are commonly retained or planted on farmlands (Djimbe and Hoekstra (eds),
1988).
Apart from the systematic placement of trees relative to crops and pastures on farms, rural people
are often concerned about the fit of the whole agroforestry practice and trees in general into the
larger landscape (Rochelleau, 1988