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CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

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Fruit trees in Agroforestry for Nutritional Security and Enhanced Income in Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics of Africa and Asia

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There are number of agroforestry systems based on fruit plants and almost all the systems are being used in one or other part of arid and semi arid tropics of Africa and Asia. These systems are not only provide fruits but also help in fulfilling the requirement of timber, food, fuel, fodder, generate employment opportunity, provide nutritional security, reduces GHGs, controls environment pollution, improves soil health and provide economic stability. Fruit based agroforestry has proven as an important tool for crop diversification. India’s National Agricultural Policy, 2000 recommends agroforestry for sustainable agriculture and advocates bringing up agroforestry in areas currently under shifting cultivation. Task Force on Greening India, 2001 projected that additional 28 million ha area should be brought under plantation through agroforestry. For the purpose, 10 million ha of irrigated lands which are suffering from water logging, salinity and water erosion and another 18 million ha of rainfed lands have been ear marked for agroforestry development.
    Année de publication

    2019

    Auteurs

    Kumar S; Kumar A; Dhyani, S.K.

    Langue

    English

    Mots clés

    Agroforestry systems, Crop diversification, Sustainable agriculture, Farming systems

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