These trees are all adaptable to the Mid West’s drier Mediterranean climate and can form the basis of an agroforestry system that produces a range of marketable products and improves soil health.
This form of Tree Cropping Agriculture is SAFE, using Neem for insect deterrent purposes, SUITABLE using the deep rooted, water-holding Carob, Jujube and Neem trees to show their superior crop-producing power in dry lands helping to reduce climate change and SUSTAINABLE because these trees will be still producing fruit in 150 years.
This form of Tree Cropping Agriculture is SAFE, using Neem for insect deterrent purposes, SUITABLE using the deep rooted, water-holding Carob, Jujube and Neem trees to show their superior crop-producing power in dry lands helping to reduce climate change and SUSTAINABLE because these trees will be still producing fruit in 150 years.
| 1.Carob, Ceratonia siliqua, member of the legume family, with health food products from the fruit: Carob flour, fibre and syrup are important health foods which are beneficial in the control of many health problems such as diabetes, heart diseases and colon cancer due to their anti- diabetic, ant-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. The target market for the Carob fibre and syrup is the number of diabetic people with high cholesterol and dietary ill health, about 10% of the Australian population and an increasing percentage of the Asian population. 2.Jujube, Ziziphus jujuba a tasty fresh fruit for the Mid West climate: Jujube trees fit very well into the Tree Cropping/Agroforestry system of compatible leguminous companion trees. Multiple cropping of Jujube with Carob and Neem, when using adequate tree spacing,can be undertaken which will improve the soil quality. The Jujube tree is drought tolerant with a deep taproot and a moderate tolerance for saline soils. The fruit can be exported fresh to S.E. Asia or China. 3. Drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, It is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree, native to the southern foothills of the Himalayas in northwestern India, and widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas where its young seed pods and leaves are used as vegetables. It can also be used for water purification and hand washing, and is sometimes used in herbal medicine 4. Neem, Azadirachta indica, these trees provide the world’s best natural insect deterrent/plant protectors and soil improver: Use Neem as a drought/saline tolerant tree for organic insect and animal repellent properties around the perimeters. |      |
5. Honey - beehives placed among groups of trees for different varieties of honey; a big market in Asia for organic honeys:
6. Grain cropping between tree rows, protected from the wind and sun:
Livestock to graze and shelter between trees when big enough.
This form of Tree Cropping Agriculture is SAFE, using Neem for insect deterrent purposes, SUITABLE using the deep rooted, water-holding Carob, Jujube and Neem trees to show their superior crop-producing power in dry lands helping to reduce climate change and SUSTAINABLE because these trees will be still producing fruit in 150 years.
The best time to plant these trees was 20 years ago, the second best time is NOW.
More information from ainsleyagroforestry.com.au
6. Grain cropping between tree rows, protected from the wind and sun:
Livestock to graze and shelter between trees when big enough.
This form of Tree Cropping Agriculture is SAFE, using Neem for insect deterrent purposes, SUITABLE using the deep rooted, water-holding Carob, Jujube and Neem trees to show their superior crop-producing power in dry lands helping to reduce climate change and SUSTAINABLE because these trees will be still producing fruit in 150 years.
The best time to plant these trees was 20 years ago, the second best time is NOW.
More information from ainsleyagroforestry.com.au
