Agroforestry Present Status and Way Forward

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I: Present and future perspective of agroforestry: 1. Agroforestry research in India: present status and future perspective/S.K. Dhyani, A.K. Handa and Uma. 2. Agroforestry in Northeast India: prospects and scope/S.V. Ngachan, A. Venkatesh and K.P. Mohapatra. 3. Indian homegardens as a sustainable land use practice: prospects and challenges/T.K. Kunhamu. 4. Extension for accelerating the adoption of agroforestry/R.P. Dwivedi. 5. Occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agroforestry systems under Central India conditions/Anil Kumar and Ashok Shukla. II: Role of tree improvement in agroforestry development: 6. Tree breeding strategy for agroforestry species in India/V.K. Gupta. 7. Clonal plantations in India: historical perspective and future potential/Piare Lal. 8. Contractual arrangements for sustainaing agroforetry with special reference to WIMCO’s poplar program/R.C. Dhiman. III: Agroforestry for environmental amelioration, ecosystem services and mitigating climate change effects: 9. Physiological advances for understanding the trends of climate resilience in trees for agroforestry importance/Badre Alam, Mayank Chaturvedi, Anil Kumar Singh, Ram Newaj and S.K.Dhyani. 10. Carbon sequestration and beyond by plantations: exploring scope fo added income/S. Naresh Kumar. 11. Agroforestry: key for adaptation and mitigation of climate change/Ram Newaj, Sangram Chavan and S.K. Dhyani. 12. Role of plantation crops in climate change mitigation: special reference to natural rubber/K. Anamalainathan, P.R. Satheesh and James Jacob. 13. Value chain linkage of feed, fodder and timber through agroforestry in the context of climate change/P.K. Ghosh, R.V. Kumar, Sunil Kumar and H.V. Singh. 14. Biology and management of invasive weeds of forestry and agroforestry ecosystems under climate change regime/Bhumesh Kumar, Meenal Rathore, Sushil Kumar and A.R. Sharma. 15. Integrated agroforestry in watershed management for sustainable development/Suhas P. Wani and Kaushal K. Garg. 16. Agroforestry for restoration, conservation and resilience of waste/degraded lands: challenges and opportunities/J.C. Dagar. 17. Agroforestry approaches for conservation and rehabilitation of Saline and Alkali Soils/D.K. Sharma, Anshuman Singh and S.K. Chaudhari. 18. Conservation agriculture (CA): potential and prospects for sustainability of food production/Rajendra Prasad and Ram Newaj. 19. Mangroves ecosystem of the islands: significance and management options/S. Dam Roy. IV: Livelihood, employment opportunities, value addition and alternative options: 20. Promoting livelihoods and economic growth through agroforestry: ICFRE endeavours/Neelu Gera and P.P. Bhojvaid. 21. Bamboo based agroforestry for livelihood security and environment protection/S.P. Ahlawat and S.K. Dhyani. 22. Paradigm shift in crop diversification and innovative profit oriented agronomic practices for livestock based agroforestry/Sunil Kumar and P.K. Ghosh. 23. Silvipasture research and development in India: looking back to move ahead/P.Rai and D.R. Palsaniya. 24. Innovative approach in farming systems research to adopt crop diversification/B. Gangwar and N. Ravisankar. V: Scope of modern tools and procedures in agroforestry: 25. Role of geospatial technologies to estimate extent of agroforestry area in India: an initiative/R.H. Rizvi, Ram Newaj, S.K. Dhyani, P.S. Karmakar, A. Saxena and Bishal Airon. 26. Crop modeling and its utility for simulation studies over land use systems of Easten region/Abdul Haris, A. Vandna Chhabra and B.P. Bhatt. 27. Biofuel and agroforestry/R.V. Kumar. 28. Biofuel: an overview/Sudhir Kumar and S.K. Dhyani. 29. Biotechnological tools for maximizing yield, productivity and oil content in the biofuel crop-Jatropha/S. Vimala Devi, A.K. Handa and S.K. Dhyani. 30. An overview of intellectual property rights and concerns in agroforestry/Inder Dev, S.K. Dhyani, A.K. Handa, Rupali Tiwari and Sudhir Kumar. Index. This book entitled “Agroforest.…