Agroforestry: Present Status and Way Forward

by SK Dhyani

ISBN: 9789386949714
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Imprint : Biotech
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 17995.00
Biblio : xii+614p.,figs.,tables.,ind., 25 cm

About The Book

This book entitled “Agroforestry: Present Status and Way Forward” is an attempt to address present status and identify the future thrust areas for agroforestry research. In order to review the present status of agroforestry research in India and move ahead, review articles were invited from agroforestry researchers, managers and entrepreneurs from different part of the country, addressing various issues of agroforestry. The review articles were grouped under five themes (Present and Future Perspective, Tree Improvement, Livelihood, employment opportunities, ecosystem services and modern tools and procedure in Agroforestry). Each theme has a number of chapters. The present status and future perspective of Agroforestry research in different part of the country has been described in the first chapter. In second theme tree improvement strategies for Agroforestry are presented. Carbon sequestration potential of Agroforestry systems has perhaps become the single most popular research area during the past few years. Other ecosystem services as conservation of natural resources, restoration of degraded lands and mitigate climate change for which Agroforestry is a potential tool has been discussed and emphasized under the third theme. Livelihood, employment opportunities, value addition has also been clearly illustrated in theme four. Theme five comprise of six chapters, the focus is on using modern science in Agroforestry, address the issues like extent of Agroforestry in India, biomass and carbon stock in trees existing on farmers field, biofuel, use of biotechnological tools and IPR issues in agroforestry.

Table of Contents

Foreword. Preface. I: Present and future perspective of agroforestry: 1. Agroforestry research in India: present status and future perspective/S.K. Dhyani, A.K. Handa and Uma. 2. Agroforestry in Northeast India: prospects and scope/S.V. Ngachan, A. Venkatesh and K.P. Mohapatra. 3. Indian homegardens as a sustainable land use practice: prospects and challenges/T.K. Kunhamu. 4. Extension for accelerating the adoption of agroforestry/R.P. Dwivedi. 5. Occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agroforestry systems under Central India conditions/Anil Kumar and Ashok Shukla. II: Role of tree improvement in agroforestry development: 6. Tree breeding strategy for agroforestry species in India/V.K. Gupta. 7. Clonal plantations in India: historical perspective and future potential/Piare Lal. 8. Contractual arrangements for sustainaing agroforetry with special reference to WIMCO’s poplar program/R.C. Dhiman. III: Agroforestry for environmental amelioration, ecosystem services and mitigating climate change effects: 9. Physiological advances for understanding the trends of climate resilience in trees for agroforestry importance/Badre Alam, Mayank Chaturvedi, Anil Kumar Singh, Ram Newaj and S.K.Dhyani. 10. Carbon sequestration and beyond by plantations: exploring scope fo added income/S. Naresh Kumar. 11. Agroforestry: key for adaptation and mitigation of climate change/Ram Newaj, Sangram Chavan and S.K. Dhyani. 12. Role of plantation crops in climate change mitigation: special reference to natural rubber/K. Anamalainathan, P.R. Satheesh and James Jacob. 13. Value chain linkage of feed, fodder and timber through agroforestry in the context of climate change/P.K. Ghosh, R.V. Kumar, Sunil Kumar and H.V. Singh. 14. Biology and management of invasive weeds of forestry and agroforestry ecosystems under climate change regime/Bhumesh Kumar, Meenal Rathore, Sushil Kumar and A.R. Sharma. 15. Integrated agroforestry in watershed management for sustainable development/Suhas P. Wani and Kaushal K. Garg. 16. Agroforestry for restoration, conservation and resilience of waste/degraded lands: challenges and opportunities/J.C. Dagar. 17. Agroforestry approaches for conservation and rehabilitation of Saline and Alkali Soils/D.K. Sharma, Anshuman Singh and S.K. Chaudhari. 18. Conservation agriculture (CA): potential and prospects for sustainability of food production/Rajendra Prasad and Ram Newaj. 19. Mangroves ecosystem of the islands: significance and management options/S. Dam Roy. IV: Livelihood, employment opportunities, value addition and alternative options: 20. Promoting livelihoods and economic growth through agroforestry: ICFRE endeavours/Neelu Gera and P.P. Bhojvaid. 21. Bamboo based agroforestry for livelihood security and environment protection/S.P. Ahlawat and S.K. Dhyani. 22. Paradigm shift in crop diversification and innovative profit oriented agronomic practices for livestock based agroforestry/Sunil Kumar and P.K. Ghosh. 23. Silvipasture research and development in India: looking back to move ahead/P.Rai and D.R. Palsaniya. 24. Innovative approach in farming systems research to adopt crop diversification/B. Gangwar and N. Ravisankar. V: Scope of modern tools and procedures in agroforestry: 25. Role of geospatial technologies to estimate extent of agroforestry area in India: an initiative/R.H. Rizvi, Ram Newaj, S.K. Dhyani, P.S. Karmakar, A. Saxena and Bishal Airon. 26. Crop modeling and its utility for simulation studies over land use systems of Easten region/Abdul Haris, A. Vandna Chhabra and B.P. Bhatt. 27. Biofuel and agroforestry/R.V. Kumar. 28. Biofuel: an overview/Sudhir Kumar and S.K. Dhyani. 29. Biotechnological tools for maximizing yield, productivity and oil content in the biofuel crop-Jatropha/S. Vimala Devi, A.K. Handa and S.K. Dhyani. 30. An overview of intellectual property rights and concerns in agroforestry/Inder Dev, S.K. Dhyani, A.K. Handa, Rupali Tiwari and Sudhir Kumar. Index.