Table 6.
Description of systematic reviews
| Title | Publication year | Countries | Regions | Review design | Confidence | Number of impact evaluations | Practices | Outcomes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cereal yield response to conservation agriculture practices in drylands of West Africa: A quantitative synthesis | 2012 | Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal | Sub‐Saharan Africa | Meta‐analysis | Low | 63 studies |
Agrisilvicultural Trees integrated in crop fields |
Productivity (yield) | Bayala et al. (2012) |
| Carbon sequestration and net emissions of CH4 and N2O under agroforestry: Synthesizing available data and suggestions for future studies | 2016 | Kenya, Panama, Indonesia, Philippines, Togo, India, Canada, Senegal, Tanzania, China, Malawi, Costa Rica, France, Mali, USA, Puerto Rico, Zambia, Germany, Cameroon, Mexico, Chile, UK, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Peru | Worldwide | Meta‐analysis | Low | 71 publications (135 data sets) |
Agrisilvicultural Silvopastoral Trees integrated in crop fields Trees integrated with plantation crops Tree gardens Shelterbelts Alley cropping Trees/shrubs on pasture Living fences and shelterbelts Improved or rotational fallow |
Reg & Main—Mediation of waste, toxics and other nuisances | Kim et al. (2016) |
| Biodiversity function and resilience in tropical agroforestry systems including shifting cultivation | 2016 | Tropics | Tropics | Vote‐counting | Low | 146 articles |
Agrisilvicultural Agroforestry (general) Trees integrated with plantation crops Tree gardens Improved or rotational fallow Not specified |
Reg & Main—Physical, chemical, biological conditions | Norgrove and Beck (2016) |
| Effects of agroforestry on pest, disease and weed control: A meta‐analysis | 2015 | Colombia, Kenya, Ghana, Mexico, Cameroon, Nigeria, Indonesia, Vietnam, Uganda, Philippines, Tanzania, UK, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Panama, Western Samoa, Zambia, USA, Ecuador | Worldwide | Meta‐analysis | Low | 42 studies |
Agrisilvicultural Agroforestry (general) Trees integrated in crop fields Trees integrated with plantation crops Tree gardens Alley cropping Improved or rotational fallow Not specified |
Reg & Main—Physical, chemical, biological conditions | Pumariño et al. (2015) |
| A meta‐analysis reveals mostly neutral influence of scattered trees on pasture yield along with some contrasted effects depending on functional groups and rainfall conditions | 2013 | Kenya, Senegal, USA, Australia, Portugal, Spain, Tanzania, South Africa, Chile | Worldwide | Meta‐analysis | Low | 27 studies |
Silvopastoral Trees/shrubs on pasture |
Provisioning—Nutrition | Rivest et al. (2013) |
| Shaded coffee and cocoa—double dividend for biodiversity and small‐scale farmers | 2017 | Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ghana, Cameroon, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Brazil, Rwanda, Tanzania | Tropics | Meta‐analysis | Low | 23 studies (10 cases) |
Agrisilvicultural Trees integrated with plantation crops |
Productivity (yield) Profitability Reg & Main—Physical, chemical, biological conditions |
Jezeer et al. (2017) |
| Meta‐analysis of maize yield response to woody and herbaceous legumes in Sub‐Saharan Africa | 2017 | Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Benin, Ethipia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Togo, Cameroon, Burkina Faso | Sub‐Saharan Africa | Meta‐analysis | Low | 94 peer‐reviewed publications |
Agrisilvicultural Trees integrated in crop fields Improved or rotational fallow |
Productivity (yield) | Sileshi et al. (2008) |
| A global meta‐analysis of the biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits of coffee and cacao agroforestry | 2013 | Ecuador, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Jamaica, India, El Salvador, Panama, Ghana, Dominican Republic | Africa, Latin America and Asia | Meta‐analysis | Low | 74 studies |
Agrisilvicultural Trees integrated with plantation crops |
Reg & Main—Physical, chemical, biological conditions General ecosystem services (unspecified) |
De Beenhouwer et al. (2013) |
| Trees for life: The ecosystem service contribution of trees to food production and livelihoods in the tropics | 2017 | India, Kenya, Brazil, Indonesia, Sudan, Nigeria, Malawi, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Uganda, Tanzania, Mexico, Australia, Zambia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Malawi, Ethiopia, China, Burkina Faso, Benin, Argentina | Tropics | Systematic review | Low | 74 peer‐reviewed publications |
Agroforestry (general) Not specified |
Productivity (yield) | Reed et al. (2017) |
| The effect of afforestation on water infiltration in the tropics: A systematic review and meta‐analysis | 2007 | Cameroon, Nigeria | Sub‐Saharan Africa | Meta‐analysis | Low | 2 studies (6 experiments) |
Agroforestry (general) Not specified |
Reg & Main—Mediation of waste, toxics and other nuisances | Ilstedt et al. (2007) |
| The 4 per 1000 goal and soil carbon storage under agroforestry and conservation agriculture systems in Sub‐Saharan Africa | 2018 | Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Sub‐Saharan Africa | Meta‐analysis | Low | 15 studies |
Agrisilvicultural Trees integrated in crop fields Alley cropping Improved or rotational fallow |
Reg & Main—Physical, chemical, biological conditions | Corbeels et al. (2018) |
| The impact of swidden decline on livelihoods and ecosystem services in Southeast Asia: A review of the evidence from 1990 to 2015 | 2017 | Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea | Southeast Asia | Systematic review | Medium | 93 studies |
Agrisilvicultural Improved or rotational fallow |
Reg & Main—Physical, chemical, biological conditions Productivity (yield) Income and household expenditure Cultural and subjective well‐being |
Dressler et al. (2017) |