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UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life - Food resilience starts with what our ancestors already knew
UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life - Food resilience starts with what our ancestors already knew
UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life - Food resilience starts with what our ancestors already knew
1/20/2026
Across the small islands of Micronesia, traditional farming has historically been about forests: living, layered, cultivated systems where breadfruit trees shade taro plants, banana trees lean into coconut palms, and mango, avocado and guava trees drop highly valued fruits that can feed a community.
This is the essence of agroforestry - the intentional integration of tree crops, understory crops, mid-crops, and sometimes livestock - and a cornerstone of most of Micronesia’s food security, culture and environmental resilience. Yet long before the term “agroforestry” entered project proposals, development plans and policy papers, island communities practiced forest gardening. In Micronesia, agroforestry is not new; it is island wisdom.