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Agroforestry

Autor Prabha Shastri Ranade
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 ian 2012
Agroforestry is a system of land management that integrates trees and shrub planting with crops of livestock in order to generate economic, environmental and social benefits. This book shows how agroforestry systems contribute in a variety of ways to ecological, social and economic functions. It includes technologies to improve soil fertility, provide fodder fruits, medicines, timber and fuel wood under agroforestry and shows how the knowledge and skills in agroforestry are updated. It helps one to understand the primary motivations that influence farmers to adopt certain agroforestry systems such as food security and improved livelihood. Agroforestry plays a distinct role in providing the farm household stable and ready source of food. The various agroforestry practices which help conserve and rehabilitate ecosystem and support integrated management of farmlands and rural spaces are discussed. It shows how agroforestry is a way of mitigating poverty in low-income countries as in Africa as it provides social and economic well-being to the people. Jathropa, the green fuel for income generation and cleaner environment is grown under agroforestry. The book covers a wide range of articles dealing with (1) agroforestry for improved livelihood; (2) agroforestry for food security and (3) agroforestry for environmental conservation the articles highlight how agroforestry contributes to biodiversity conservation, helps farm diversification while protecting the environment, yields goods and services to society and enhance the fertility of the soil there by preventing land degradation. Agroforestry system also acts as carbon sinks and help augment the carbon storage in agro-ecosystem.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9788131427057
ISBN-10: 8131427056
Pagini: 210
Dimensiuni: 230 x 160 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Gazelle Book Services Ltd

Cuprins

Agroforestry for Improved Livelihood: An Overview; Agroforestry for Improved Livelihoods & Natural Resources Conservation: Enhancing Nest Sites for Native Bee Crop Pollinators; Participatory Technology Development for Agroforestry Extension: An Innovation Decision Approach; Non Wood Forest Benefits & Agroforestry Practices in the Fouta Djallon Highlands of Guinea; Agroforestry: The New Old Paradigm for Asian Food Security; Role of Agroforestry in Improving Food Security & Natural Resource Management in the Drylands: A Regional Overview; Agroforestry can Improve Food Security, Farm Diversification & Income Generation in Zambia; Economic Framework for Integrating Environmental Stewardship into Food Security Strategies in Low - Income Countries: Case of Agroforestry in Southern African Region; Landscape Planning for Environmental Benefits; Forests & Watersheds: Restoring the Functions of Watersheds; Land Degradation Situation in Bangladesh & Role of Agroforestry.