Establishment and Growth of Living Fence Species: An Overlooked Tool for the Restoration of Degraded Areas in the Tropics

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Biomass production and allocation in Jatropha curcas L. seedlings under different levels of drought stress (2010, background): “Expectations of project managers, investors and farmers are triggered by the plant’s alleged potential to simultaneously reclaim wastelands, enhance socio-economic development and conserve and/or restore soil fertility in degraded areas [1,2].”
Jatropha: From global hype to local opportunity (2010, background): “Third, planted as a hedge Jatropha can be used as a living fence, to exclude browsing animals for ecological restoration or food crop protection because it is unpalatable to livestock (Gubitz et al., 1999; Zahawi, 2005).”