The agroforestry-based model that integrates Salix (willow) plantations with leguminous intercrops and high-value horticultural crops offers a practical and climate-resilient...
Agroforestry for ecological and economic benefits
Tree cultivation in agroforestry system has the potential to take pressure off extractive harvesting from natural forests, contributing to in-situ conservation, limiting...
Listening and trust – the basis for working with forest and farm producers
“Working together is a motivating and powerful approach to getting things done” says Jeff Campbell, manager of the Forest and Farm Facility. “This holds true for my own approach...
Successful tree establishment and the revival of traditional agroforestry
Arun K.Sharma In the hot arid environment, trees play an important role. Not only are they directly related to the livelihood of its inhabitants, they also help in improving...
Villages join hands to combat land degradation
Sanjay Joshie New legislation in India allows communities to take charge of degraded forest areas. One village claimed to have legal rights over a particular forest area. But...
Land use planning for the lands of the north western zone of Tamil Nadu
Sivakumar,K.M, Alagesan, V and Ramachandran Owing to the minimal rainfall, poor soil fertility and adverse climatic conditions drylands of this zone become more and more of a...
Role of Agroforestry in Controlling Desertification with Special Reference to Prosopis cineraria (Linn) Druce in Arid Farming of Western Rajasthan
M. Nagarajan Introduction Desertification is a land degradation process and it deals with the gradual conservation of productive land into less productive or unproductive ones. ...