33. Agroforestry and windbreaks

Abstract Windbreaks designed to provide products in addition to shelter have the potential to make significant contributions to our energy and food supplies while reducing demands on non-renewable resources. Proper culture and timely tree harvest will maintain healthy windbreaks reducing the need for costly renovation or removal of decadent plantations. Research is needed to develop cultural systems, to breed and select improved genotypes of woody plants, to develop efficient harvest methods and to create and manufacture products from windbreaks which are marketable.