ABSTRACT
Smallholder agricultural producers manage vast areas of land that could store or sequester important carbon stocks when managed under agroforestry systems. However, the potential for smallholder production systems to contribute to climate change abatement has not been adequately incorporated into the design of international or national policies addressing climate change (Montagnini and Nair 2004). Agroforestry systems intentionally integrate tree cultivation with agricultural crops, pastures or livestock production (Harvey et al. 2008). Smallholders with less than two hectares of land under production account for an estimated 85% of farms globally (Nagayets 2005).
