Cropping patterns and plants diversity in agroforests in Wringin village subdistrict of Wringin Bondowoso East Java

Abstract

Agroforest has an important role to supporting food security, energy, and water sustainably. Study aimed to determine cropping patterns types and plant diversity in agroforests applied by farmers in Wringin Village Subdistrict Wringin Situbondo Eat Java was conducted in March 2018 used explorative and descriptive methods. Data collection was conducted by field observation and interviewing the farmers. The field observation of the type of cropping pattern was conducted by purposive sampling in agroforests. The results showed that there were several types of cropping pattern in the fields. Combination of paddy gogo (Oryza sativa L.) and cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) with tree plants were dominance model of cropping patterns in agroforests applied by the famers in Wringin village. The cultivated plants in agroforests have potential as fruit, vegetable, food, spice, fodder, timber and medicinal plants.