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The continued development of a domestic focus on agroforestry offers unique opportunities for various organizations responsible for supporting the nation’s food, forage, livestock, and fiber‐producing networks. These include academic institutions, state and federal government agencies, non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that include conservation‐oriented organizations, and the private sector. Such opportunities enhance the ability of these groups to provide support to rural communities while responding to public demand for more sustainable and environmentally benign land use practices (National Research Council, 1996; USDA, 2019). Previous experience in both developed and developing countries clearly demonstrates the need for institutional collaboration in developing effective agroforestry policies (Biggs, 1990). Domestic agroforestry has reached the point where new, interdisciplinary, and interagency approaches to integrated land use management are underway (USDA, 2019), thereby serving as a design methodology for reuniting the fields of agriculture and forestry in a common quest for sustainability.