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Title: | Existing and improved agroforestry systems in low rainfall areas of India |
Other Titles: | Existing and improved agroforestry systems in low rainfall areas of India |
Authors: | ICAR_CRIDA |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2005-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Biodiversity Conservation, Biological Pest Control, Carbon Sequestration, Ethnoforestry, Food Security, Global Climate Change, Soil Fertility Enhancement |
Publisher: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | Land-use options that increase resilience and reduce vulnerability of contemporary societies are fundamental to livelihoods improvement and adaptation to climate change. Agroforestry as a wide-spread land-use adaptation may potentially support livelihoods improvement through simultaneous production of food, fodder and firewood as well as mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Drawing on the representative literature from peer-reviewed research, this paper critically examines the contribution of agroforestry systems in India to: (i) biodiversity conservation; (ii) yield of goods and services to society; (iii) augmentation of the carbon storage in agroecosystems; (iv) enhancing the fertility of the soils; and (v) providing social and economic well-being to people. Agroforestry systems in India contribute variously to ecological, social and economic functions, but they are only complementary—and not as alternative—to natural forests. A winning strategy for conservation and human welfare can be achieved by protecting the largest possible area of natural ecosystems while growing food on the smallest possible area to reconcile food production with conservation. Yet, this combination is not always feasible. Therefore, a trade-off strategy for addressing multiple functions is required. Accordingly, agroforests need to be strengthened by innovations in technology, domestication, governance and market regimes. Taking into account the available stock of knowledge efforts are needed to connect science to decision-making. In addition, future research is required to eliminate many of the uncertainties that remain, and also carefully test the main functions attributed to agroforestry against alternative land-use options in order to know unequivocally to what extent agroforestry served these purposes. |
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Type(s) of content: | Book |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
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URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/32624 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-CRIDA-Publication |
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