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How can I use Gliricidia and what are it’s benefits to soils and crops? Gliricidia makes an excellent hedge or fence because it is fast growing, easy to propagate, and provides good shade When you prune Gliricidia trees, you can use the leaves as compost manure or green tea manure. Gliricidia flowers are a good attraction for bee’s during honey production Gliricidia is good for natural fertiliser and increases both soil fertility and crop yields Gliricidia makes good fuel wood because it burns slowly, hot, and produces little smoke or sparking. Women and girls can now have an easier way of growing, managing and collecting firewood. Planting Gliricidia will reduce soil erosion in deforested areas and grows fast when planted How to plant and look after Gliricidia Agro forestry means combining agriculture and forestry to improve farm yields as well as reduce the effects of erosion Seed should be kept dry before planting into the soil. Once planted, they will germinate within 7-10 days Any plastic seedling container can be used for planting the gliricidia in. REMEMBER – HOW TO PLANT Keep the seedlings up to 6 weeks (30cm height) before planting into the ground When you plant gliricidia, make sure you space it out evenly, at least 2 x 2 metres apart for woodlots, and for agroforestry to boost farm yields plant 30cm between plantings in a row and 4 m between rows. Agroforestry systems can restore much greater quantities of carbon, above and below ground, than agriculture systems without trees.