Introductory Agroforestry
eBook - ePub

Introductory Agroforestry

  1. 172 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Introductory Agroforestry

About this book

The origin of agroforestry practices—growing trees and shrubs with food and fruit crops and grasses is traditional and very old—but the science of agroforestry is new. Years of experience and experiments have shown that agroforestry as a land-use system is capable of yielding both food and wood and at the same time helps in conserving and rehabilitating the ecosystems. It has the capability to increase the overall productivity of land, maintain the nutrient balance in the soil, and above all, protect the nature.

In the recent years, agroforestry has been recommended as a core subject in the curriculum of B. Sc. (Forestry) and B. Sc. (Agriculture) courses of agricultural universities. This book has been divided into ten chapters covering very comprehensive information on all aspects of agroforestry including history, concepts, systems classification, tree-crop interactions, planning and management, diagnosis and design, policy and projects, and propagation and management practices of multipurpose trees.

This book is co-published with NIPA. Taylor and Francis does not sell or distribute its print and electronic editions in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. Glossary
  8. 1 Agroforestry - A Sustainable Land Use System
  9. 2 Social Forestry
  10. 3 Status of Indian Forests
  11. 4 Agroforestry System, Subsystem and Practice
  12. 5 Tree Crop Interaction in Agroforestry
  13. 6 Selection of Tree Crop Species for Agroforestry
  14. 7 Agroforestry Planning and Management
  15. 8 Agroforestry Diagnosis and Design
  16. 9 Agroforestry Policy and Projects
  17. 10 Management Practices of Multipurpose Trees
  18. Selected References
  19. Web Links
  20. Index