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Agroforestry: Principles And Practices (Second Revised and Enlarged Edition)

Agroforestry: Principles And Practices (Second Revised and Enlarged Edition)

$85.00
Author:A K Patra
ISBN 13:9789391383008
Binding:Hardbound
Language:English
Year:2021
Subject:Botanical Science/Forestry

About the Book

Agroforestry is now recommended as a core subject in the curriculum of undergraduate courses of forestry, horticulture and agriculture. Keeping the needs of the students in mind this book has been written. Besides fulfilling curriculum requirements of the students, it will also help them to prepare for various competitive examinations. The plant lovers may also find this book worth reading. This book has been divided into twenty chapters covering all aspects of agroforestry including concepts, systems classifications, soil productivity, tree-crop interaction, watershed and wasteland management through agroforestry, climate change adaptation and mitigation, carbon sequestration, urban agroforestry, agroforestry design & diagnosis, economics and extension of agroforestry. Contents: 1. Forests and Forestry 2. Agroforestry - A Sustainable Land Use System 3. Agroforestry: Policy and Projects 4. Agroforestry Systems and Their Classification 5. Social Forestry 6. Urban Forestry 7. Agroforestry for Soil Fertility and Productivity 8. Tree Crop Interaction in Agroforestry 9. Selection of Tree Species for Agroforestry 10. Agroforestry: Planning and Management 11. Agroforestry for Different Agroecological Zones 12. Agroforestry for Watershed Management 13. Agroforestry for Wasteland Development 14. Agroforestry for Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation 15. Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems 16. Agroforestry: Diagnosis and Design 17. Design and Analysis of Agroforestry Experiments 18. Economics of Agroforestry 19. Agroforestry Extension 20. Management Practices of Multipurpose Trees About the Author: Alok Kumar Patra Professor (Agronomy) Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology Bhubaneswar - 751003, Odisha, India