Journal of Agriculture and Forestry is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to advancing research the field of agricultural and forestry sciences. The journal provides a rapid publication process to ensure wide dissemination of high-quality articles to scientists, professionals, and interested individuals worldwide. Our goal is to serve as an efficient, reliable, and trusted platform for scholars and readers, publishing cutting-edge research in the field.
Abstract: The Karst areas in Northwest Guangxi cover cities like Hechi and Baise, known for typical Karst landforms with widespread stone mountains, forming a unique ecosystem and abundant natural resources. The region's rich forest land provides a vast stage for the development of forest - under economy. Through an exhaustive literature review and in-depth case dissection, this study systematically distilled the operational mechanisms and performance outcomes of four under-canopy business archetypes: (1) underwood planting—embracing medicinal herbs, edible fungi, fruit crops and forage grasses; (2) underwood-breeding—spanning free-range poultry, forest livestock and beekeeping; (3) forest-based wellness tourism; and (4) the harvesting and primary processing of non-timber forest products. In forest - under planting, various models such as forest - under medicine, mushroom, fruit, and grass are booming. Farmers cultivate medicinal herbs like Gastrodia and Paris polyphylla under forests, improving forest land use efficiency and creating new income sources. Forest - under farming models like poultry, livestock, and bee - keeping fully utilize forest - under space and resources for a win - win of ecological balance and economic benefits. Forest tourism is rising rapidly, relying on the ecological beauty of forests to develop diverse projects such as farm - stay and wellness vacations, boosting the development of surrounding industries. Forest - under product collection and processing are also thriving, with farmers collecting wild edible fungi, bamboo shoots, etc., and adding value through processing. However, the development of forest - under economy faces many challenges, such as fragile ecological environment, desertification threats, and biodiversity loss. In terms of industrial development, there are problems like scattered management, weak technological support, short industrial chains, and poor infrastructure that need to be solved urgently. Based on this, countermeasures are proposed with ecological protection as the bottom line, industrial integration as the path, technological empowerment as the handle, and policy coordination as the guarantee, providing a replicable and scalable demonstration model for rural revitalization in karst mountainous areas.Abstract: The Karst areas in Northwest Guangxi cover cities like Hechi and Baise, known for typical Karst landforms with widespread stone mountains, forming a unique ecosystem and abundant natural resources. The region's rich forest land provides a vast stage for the development of forest - under economy. Through an exhaustive literature review and in-depth ...Learn More
Abstract: This study used the tobacco variety Yunyan 87 as the material and conducted a field experiment with a three-factor three-level orthogonal design to investigate the effects of different sweet potato varieties, intercropping time, and intercropping density on the economic traits, physical properties, and chemical composition of tobacco plants under the intercropping of tobacco and sweet potatoes. The results showed that the economic traits, physical properties, and chemical composition of the intercropped tobacco plants were slightly better than those of the control (tobacco monoculture). Compared with the control, the yields, value, proportion of superior and medium tobacco leaves is 10.25%-20.42%, 0.58%- 1.31%, 2.48%-8.71%, and 2.91%-7.95% respectively; the leaf length, leaf width, leaf thickness, leaf weight, and leaf weight of quality is 1.21%-2.27%, 1.54%-2.66%, 9.61%-14.0%, 2.26%-3.29%, and 6.20%-7.35% respectively; total sugar, reducing sugar, total nitrogen, nicotine, and potassium ions is 1.07%-2.23%, 1.93%-2.34%, 0.69%-0.86%, 0.31%-0.60%, and 0.46%-0.64%, while chloride ions is 14.28% - 21.01% in the intercropped plants. Although there were differences in the physical properties and chemical composition of the tobacco leaves under the intercropping treatment, the tobacco leaves from different parts all met the standards of high-quality tobacco leaves. Among them, the T5 treatment had the largest increase in yield (20.42%) and the proportion of superior leaves (7.52%). Therefore, from an economic perspective, it is recommended to adopt the T5 treatment when intercropping tobacco and sweet potatoes in Fuquan City.Abstract: This study used the tobacco variety Yunyan 87 as the material and conducted a field experiment with a three-factor three-level orthogonal design to investigate the effects of different sweet potato varieties, intercropping time, and intercropping density on the economic traits, physical properties, and chemical composition of tobacco plants under t...Learn More
