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