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Agroforestry- A viable option for crop diversification in Punjab

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Title Agroforestry- A viable option for crop diversification in Punjab
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Creator RIS Gill
Baljit Singh
Navneet Kaur
KS Sangha
 
Subject National Forest Policy (1988) suggested that to maintain ecological balance and to meet the wood based needs there is a need to have at least one-third area of the country under forests.
 
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Punjab is an agriculture intensive state where traditional rice-wheat cropping system has
contributed towards food security of the nation. The productivity of this system has stagnated,
even declined in certain areas due to depletion of native nutrient reserves and emergence of their
defi ciencies, lowering of under-ground water table and resurgence of insects and diseases due to
over exploitation. This has accentuated the need for diversifi cation from this system. Agroforestry
has emerged as one of the viable alternatives for diversifi cation from existing rice-wheat rotation.
Diff erent tree species are traditionally grown in the various agroclimatic zones of the state.
The main tree species adopted by the farmers on their agriculture fi elds as block and boundary
plantations are poplar, eucalyptus and dek. Appropriate tree species, their quality planting material
and remunerative crop combinations have to be selected for higher returns. The productivity and
economic returns from the agroforestry systems can also be increased by adopting the appropriate
cultural and management practices.
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Date 2021-08-15T03:57:22Z
2021-08-15T03:57:22Z
2016
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Agroforestry- A viable option for crop diversification in Punjab, Dept of Forestry and natural resources Punjab agricultural university, Ludhiana, RIS Gill, Baljit Singh, Navneet Kaur, KS Sangha
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/56312
 
Language English
 
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