Agroforestry for Increased Production and Livelihood Security

AvPankaj Panwar & Rajesh Kaushal, Sushil Kumar Gupta,Sushil Kumar Gupta

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

This book aims to facilitate an understanding of the issues and possibilities surrounding agroforestry for small and marginal landholders, ultimately ensuring their livelihoods. The contributors to this manuscript bring extensive practical experience in various aspects of agroforestry, hailing from diverse agro-ecological contexts.This comprehensive resource serves as a valuable guide for professionals in agroforestry education, environmentalists, policy planners, students, and farmers in general. It can be utilized as supplementary reading material in undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to forestry, agroforestry, and allied biological sciences.This extensive compilation is poised to advance the cause of agroforestry development and promote its adoption by farmers as a sustainable land use to support their livelihoods.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-10-03
Mått:358 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:980 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:530
Förlag:New India Publishing Agency
ISBN:9788196079079

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Sushil Kumar Gupta, Professor in Division of Agroforestry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Chatha, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir - 180 009, India.Pankaj Panwar, ICAR-CSWCRTI, Research Centre, Sector 27 A, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh - 160 019 (UT) India.Rajesh Kaushal, ICAR-CSWCRTI, Research Centre, 218, Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun - 248 195Uttarakhand, India.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Agroforestry - A Sustainable Solution to Address Climate Change Challenges - AR Uthappa, SB Chavan, AK Handa, Ram Newaj, Dhiraj Kumar KB Sridhar and OP Chaturvedi2. Agroforestry in the North-Eastern Himalayas - Thiru Selvan and Sanjeev Kumar3. Temperate Agroforestry Systems in Jammu and Kashmir - R Banyal, KN Qaiser and Raja Ali Abidi4. Potentials and Problems of Agroforestry in Rajasthan - Amol Vasishth 5. Agroforestry for Natural Resource Management - Pankaj Panwar, R Kaushal, SK Gupta and OP Chaturvedi 6. Home Gardens in India A Review - P Rajendran, S Umesh Kanna and KT Parthiban 7. Tree Improvement for Agroforestry Systems - C Buvaneswaran 8. Breeding Behaviour of Jatropha for Bio-Fuel - RS Dhillon 9. Poplars and Willows in Agroforestry - Dinesh Kumar10. Horti-Medicinal Agroforestry Systems: A Potential Land Use for Commercial Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - NS Thakur, SK Attar and RS Chauhan11. Directional Effects and Rooting Behaviour of Multipurpose Tree Species in An Agroforestry Land Use on Degraded Riverbed Bouldery Lands - KS Dadhwal and VPS Tomar12. World Perspective on Short-rotation Forestry199 - KS Verma and R Kaushal13. Carbon Sequestration in Plantations - Sanjeev K Chauhan, Ritu and Rajni Chauhan14. Strategies of Carbon Sequestration on Degraded Soils - SK Bhardwaj and Pratima Vaidya15. Species Composition, Biomass Production and Carbon Storage Potential of Agroforestry Systems in Himachal Pradesh - B Gupta, S Sarvade and Matber Singh16. Mycorrhizae of Agroforestry Trees: Structure and Functions - Rajesh Kaushal17. Phytotoxins in Agroforestry: An Overview - Vidya Thakur and Millo Tasser18. Insect-pests in Agroforestry Systems and Their Management - RK Gupta19. Economic Evaluation of Agroforestry Systems - Ashok Kumar, VC Pande and BK Shethy20. Diversity, Distribution, Resource Management of Forage Resources and Agroforestry System in the Eastern Himalayas - Sudesh Radotra and SK Gupta21. Agroforestry for Biodiversity Conservation - R Kaushal, Pankaj Panwar, S Sarvade, JMS Tomar and OP Chaturvedi22. Diversity and Importance of Shrubs in Traditional Agroforestry Systems in India - NS Thakur, SK Attar, HT Hegde and JB Bhusara23. Biodiversity Conservation in India- Policy Framework - C Kunhikannan24. Climate Change and Forests: A Simplistic Account of India's Forestry Sector - TP Singh, Rajiv Pandey and Ajay Kumar Gupta25. Agroforerstry for Improving Soil Biological Health - Debarati Bhaduri, P Pramanik, S Ghosh, K Chakraborty and Sharmistha Pal26. Vegetation Composition and Functional Changes of Tropical Homegardens: Prospects and Challenges - Vikas Kumar and Abhishek M Tripathi