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.
Publication year
2019
Authors
Kumar S; Kumar A; Dhyani, S.K.
Language
English
Keywords
Agroforestry systems, Crop diversification, Sustainable agriculture, Farming systems
