एग्रोफोरेस्ट्री Tag

 मृदा खराब होने की अवस्‍था को धीमा करने तथा पलटनेे की रणनीति‍यॉं:  एग्रोफोरेस्ट्री की भूमिका Soil degradation implies decline in the quality and capacity of soil through natural or anthropogenic perturbations. Degradation processes include erosion, compaction and hard setting, acidification, declining soil organic matter (SOM), soil fertility depletion, biological degradation, and soil pollution. Soils are the basis for more than 90% of worldwide food production. However, about 25% of the world’s arable land is degraded. Without fertile soils, world food security is at risk. Very limited degree of agriculturally usable soil (about 12% of the total land area) is available on the earth’s surface. The degraded soils cannot be restored within a human generation....

कृषि वानिकी (एग्रोफोरेस्ट्री): शुष्क भूमि क्षेत्रों में ग्रामीण आजीविका की सुरक्षा में सुधार करने की रणनीति Most of the rural poor are small holders practicing low inputs agricultural production and living in arid and semi-arid regions of dry lands. Some dry land regions of India are characterized by erratic rainfall, high temperature, and poor quality land where the prospects of successful arable cropping are limited & risky. Production system under the fragile dryland environment challenged with several biophysical & socio-economic problems. The growing food insecurity and deteriorating livelihood situations in dry regions of India call for concerted and consorted actions to take advantage of the high potential of agro forestry, among other systems,...