Agroforestry Solutions for Climate Change and Environmental Restoration

This book discusses the possibilities, reach, challenges, and limitations of agroforestry in new contexts where the security of food, nutrition, and the environment are equally vital. The focus of each chapter in the book is on the potential for agroforestry to address pressing issues such as sustainability, food, fodder, nutrition, and environmental security, as well as to offer, support, regulate, and to provide cultural services to society. Some of the devoted chapters in the book also go into detail on the scope and restrictions of agroforestry owing to existing regional and climatic barriers/problems, in addition to in-depth discussion of prospects of agroforestry in changed climate scenarios to cater to current and future needs. The major focus of this book is to aggregate up-to-date and recent agroforestry research studies/achievements to make them accessible to all the stakeholders for their use and to disseminate how agroforestry systems are playing a crucial role in tackling many difficulties during the changing climate and environmental crisis.

The stakeholders find this book helpful in learning agroforestry and its importance in situations with changing climatic conditions across the globe. Additionally, it may also be helpful for policy makers for formulating policies pertaining to the adaptation and mitigation of climate change, the conservation of natural resources, and food and nutritional security, including sustainable development through agroforestry.

Dr Sushil Kumar

Senior Scientist (Agronomy)

ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute

Uttar Pradesh, INDIA

 

Dr Badre Alam

Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology)

ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute

 

Dr Sukumar Taria

Scientist (Plant Physiology)

ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute

 

Dr Priyanka Singh

Scientist (Agricultural Economics)

ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute

 

Dr Ashok Yadav

Scientist (Fruit Science)

ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute

 

Dr Ayyandar Arunachalam

Director

ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute