Figure 1
Map of the Tomé-Açu micro-region (Pará, Brazil), Eastern Amazon (prepared by N.M. dos Santos, 2020).
Figure 2
Agroforestry Systems in Tomé-Açu – A) Traditional home gardens; B) SAFTA model (photos by the authors).
Figure 3
SAFTA fields. A) Young field composed by annual crop (Banana), semi-perennial crop (black pepper – leading and cupuaçu), and perennial species (andiroba); B) Old field composed by annual (Banana), semi-perennial (cocoa – leading) and perennial species (andiroba) (photos by the authors).
Figure 4
Experimental plot of AFS-Oil Palm (SAF-Dendê) designed by Japanese descendant farmers in collaboration with external partners. A) Oil palm trees interspersed with other annual and semi-perennial species; B) Line of fertilizer species between the oil palm trees. (photos by the authors).
Figure 5
Calendar from an oil company featuring intercropping of oil palm with cassava (Manihot esculenta) and a close up of the text. It reads, ‘intercropping with annual crops such as cassava: consortia during the first years of the oil palm field is welcome’. (photos by the authors).
Figure 6
Farming knowledge blending and articulation.