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Agroforestry Systems in India: Livelihood Security & Ecosystem Services

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Jagdish Chander Dagar

    1. Natural Resources Management, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India

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  2. Anil Kumar Singh

    1. Natural Resources Management, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India

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  3. Ayyanadar Arunachalam

    1. Natural Resources Management, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India

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  • The first attempt to compile research done in India on agroforestry
  • Represents a bold step towards authoritative accounts of agroforestry in different ecoregions of South and Southeast Asia
  • The book will be useful for researchers, scientists, students and policy makers not only of agroforestry discipline but also from other related disciplines such as agriculture including livestock, dairy, fishery; forestry; biological sciences; environmental sciences including related to climate change; natural resource management; ecology; and social sciences
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Agroforestry (ADAG, volume 10)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Jagdish Chander Dagar, Anil Kumar Singh, A. Arunachalam
    Pages 1-19

  3. Soil Conservation and Ecosystem Stability: Natural Resource Management through Agroforestry in Northwestern Himalayan Region

    • S. D. Kashyap, J. C. Dagar, K. S. Pant, A. G. Yewale
    Pages 21-55

  4. From Shifting Cultivation to Integrating Farming: Experience of Agroforestry Development in the Northeastern Himalayan Region

    • A. K. Singh, A. Arunachalam, S. V. Ngachan, K. P. Mohapatra, J. C. Dagar
    Pages 57-86

  5. Agroforestry Inroads from the Traditional Two-Crop Systems in Heartlands of the Indo-Gangetic Plains

    • P. S. Pathak, J. C. Dagar, Rajesh Kaushal, O. P. Chaturvedi
    Pages 87-116

  6. Agroforestry as a Strategy for Livelihood Security in the Rainfed Areas: Experience and Expectations

    • G. R. Korwar, J. V. N. S. Prasad, G. Rajeshwara Rao, G. Venkatesh, G. Pratibha, B. Venkateswarlu
    Pages 117-154

  7. Livelihood Improvements and Climate Change Adaptations Through Agroforestry in Hot Arid Environments

    • J. C. Tewari, Moola Ram, M. M. Roy, Jagdish Chander Dagar
    Pages 155-183

  8. Agroforestry: A Way Forward for Sustaining Fragile Coastal and Island Agro-Ecosystems

    • J. C. Dagar, C. B. Pandey, C. S. Chaturvedi
    Pages 185-232

  9. Agroforestry for Wasteland Rehabilitation: Mined, Ravine, and Degraded Watershed Areas

    • O. P. Chaturvedi, R. Kaushal, J. M. S. Tomar, A. K. Prandiyal, P. Panwar
    Pages 233-271

  10. Greening Salty and Waterlogged Lands Through Agroforestry Systems for Livelihood Security and Better Environment

    • J. C. Dagar
    Pages 273-332

  11. Wetland-Based Agroforestry Systems: Balancing Between Carbon Sink and Source

    • A. Arunachalam, D. Balasubramanian, K. Arunachalam, J. C. Dagar, B. Mohan Kumar
    Pages 333-343

  12. Agroforestry in India and its Potential for Ecosystem Services

    • S. K. Dhyani, A. K. Handa
    Pages 345-365

  13. Agroforestry Policy Issues and Challenges

    • A. K. Singh, S. K. Dhyani
    Pages 367-372

  14. Synthesis

    • J. C. Dagar
    Pages 373-380

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 381-400
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About this book

Agroforestry, the word coined in early seventies, has made its place in all the developed and the developing countries of the world and is now recognized as an important approach to ensuring food security and rebuilding resilient rural environments. India has been an all-time leader in agroforestry. The South and Southeast Asia region comprising India is often described as the cradle of agroforestry. Almost all forms of agroforestry systems exist across India in ecozones ranging from humid tropical lowlands to high-altitude and temperate biomes, and perhumid rainforest zones to parched drylands. The country ranks foremost among the community of nations not only in terms of this enormous diversity and long tradition of the practice of agroforestry, but also in fostering scientific developments in the subject. Agroforestry applies to private agricultural and forest lands and communities that also include highly erodible, flood-prone, economically marginal and environmentally sensitive lands. The typical situation is agricultural, where trees are added to create desired benefits. Agroforestry allows for the diversification of farm activities and makes better use of environmental resources. Owing to an increase in the population of human and cattle, there is increasing demand of food as well as fodder, particularly in developing countries like India. So far, there is no policy that deals with specifics in agroforestry in India. But, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research has been discussing on the scope of having a National Agroforestry Policy in appropriate platforms. However, evolving a policy requires good and reliable datasets from different corners of the country on the subject matter. This synthesis volume containing 13 chapters is an attempt to collate available information in a classified manner into different system ecologies, problems and solutions, and converging them into a policy support.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Natural Resources Management, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India

    Jagdish Chander Dagar, Anil Kumar Singh, Ayyanadar Arunachalam

About the editors

Dr. Jagdish Chander Dagar has been well recognized for his research in the areas of management of natural resources, agroforestry, rehabilitation of degraded lands, biosaline agriculture, biodrainage, climate change, sustainable agriculture and policy; both nationally and internationally. Dr. Dagar was the Assistant Director General (Agronomy/Agroforestry) at the headquarters of ICAR. He has written several books and published more than 200 research papers of high repute in international and national level journals and has been conferred with several awards and honors. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and several other professional societies. He has also been consulting several national and international agencies such as FAO and CIMMYT.

Dr. A. Arunachalam is a trained ecologist from the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, and has grown professionally through strong pursuit in ecological research that is evident from his more than 135 research papers. Currently, he is working as a Principal Scientist in the headquarters of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. His academic excellence is also evident from several awards/honors he has received. Dr. Arunachalam is a Fellow/Associate of several professional societies.

Dr. Anil Kumar Singh is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Gwalior. Earlier, he was the Deputy Director General (NRM) in ICAR – 2007-2012; Acting Director, IARI – 2005-2006; Project Director, Water Technology Centre – 1999-2007. His areas of research interest have been soil-water-nutrient-plant-atmosphere interactions, crop growth simulation, irrigation water management and integrated watershed management. Dr. Singh is a recipient of several award/honors and is a Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

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