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Soft cover. Etat : New. Agroforestry is practiced by millions of farmers, and has been a feature of agriculture for millennia. Agroforestry is the only land use system able to solve global issues such as climate change, biodiversity conservation, decreasing soil health and quality of land resources, energy and economic crises, food security and poverty eradication, etc.

Etat : New. pp. 926.

Etat : New. pp. 926.

Etat : New. pp. xxix + 805.

Etat : New. pp. 926.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. Contents: Part: I. Natural resources. II. Tree and forest. III. Sustainable timber production. IV. Forestry concepts and technologies. V. Modern forestry approaches. VI. Practices for increasing forest cover. VII. Social values and benefits. VIII. Forests and climate change. IX. Events and organizations. Bibliography. Forestry is one of the fastest-evolving disciplines of agriculture, filled with rapidly advancing techniques and applications. Forestry: Principles and Applications attempts to tackle this moving target by furnishing a good overview of the field s background, outlining a range of current technologies and discussing a wide variety of applications and future prospects. This textbook is written for undergraduates and postgraduates, university and college teachers, scientists and professional foresters. It offers a real-life introduction to the field of forestry and an interdisciplinary overview of the theory behind it. This textbook covers forestry in great depth and the real strength of the book lies in its focus on the context and applications of the field. Thanks to its wide scope, it not only serves as a useful introduction to the field but can also be used to understand how many other key forestry topics have changed in recent years as a consequence of the technology advancement. This textbook will significantly help the students for preparation of UPSC-Civil Service Exam, UPSC-Indian Forest Service Exam, ICFRE and ICAR Scientists/NET Exam, University Entrance Exam for admission to M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Contents: I. Overview of Agroforestry: 1. Introduction to Agroforestry/Antony Joseph Raj. 2. Agroforestry and Food Security/A. Venkatesh, K.P. Mohapatra, A. Arunachalam, D.J. Rajkhowa, S. Bharali and S.V. Ngachan. 3. Agroforestry and Ecosystem Services/Ramakrishna Hegde. 4. Agroforestry Systems Classification/S.J. Patil and Maheswarappa. V. II. Agroforestry Trees: 5. Multipurpose Trees in Agroforestry/Mengisteab Hailu and Antony Joseph Raj. 6. Nitrogen Fixing Trees in Agroforestry/S.L. Madivalar and Antony Joseph Raj. 7. Genetic Improvement of Industrial and Non-Industrial Agroforestry Trees/S. Umesh Kanna, K.T. Parthiban, S. Vennila and P. Durairasu. 8. Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Trees in Agroforestry/Antony Joseph Raj. 9. Traditionally Important Trees in Indigenous Agroforestry Systems/Harsh Mehta, Sanjeev Chauhan, Pankaj Panwar and O.P. Chaturvedi. III. Agroforestry Management: 10. Tree Architecture and Tree Management in Agroforestry/Maheswarappa. V, Ramakrishna Hegde, Ashok B Divatar and B.G. Nayak. 11. Crop Planning and Management in Agroforestry/D.R. Palsaniya, Sunil Tiwari and Mukesh Chaudhary. 12. Disease Management in Tropical Agroforestry Landscapes/A. Sudha. 13. Insect Pest Management in Tropical Agroforestry Systems/C.T. Ashok Kumar, S.C. Topagi and Veereshkumar. IV. Agroforestry Concepts: 14. Tree Crop Interactions in Agroforestry/M.P. Divya, V. Priyanka and B. Vinothini.15. Diagnosis and Design in Agroforestry/M.N. Ramesha and N. Gurunathan. 16. Economic Analysis of Agroforestry Systems/Amol Vasishth and Vipan Guleria. 17. Markets and Marketing of Agroforestry Products/S. Varadha Raj, M. Chinnadurai, M.P. Divya and N. Narmadha. V. Important Agroforestry Systems: 18. Alternatives to Shifting Cultivation/K. Sasikumar. 19. Taungya Systems/N. Satheesh, T. Mohan Raj and S. Kala. 20. Alley Cropping System/R. Kaushal, Raj Kumar, J.M.S. Tomar and O.P. Chaturvedi. 21. Tropical Homegardens/T.K. Kunhamu. VI. Distribution of Agroforestry Systems: 22. Agroforestry Systems of World/ Etefa Guyassa, Samuale Tesfaye and Antony Joseph Raj. 23. Agroforestry Systems of India/S. Kala, T. Mohan Raj, K.R. Dhixya Deve and S. Reeja. 24. Agroforestry Systems of Himalayan Region/Meenakshi Gupta, L.M. Gupta, Punit Choudhary, K.K. Sood and Amol Vasishth. 25. Urban Agroforestry Systems/P.J. Mishra, Smitha G Nair and B.B. Behra. VII. Agroforestry Practices for extreme Site Conditions: 26. Agroforestry Practices for Arid and Semi-Arid Regions/P. Ratha Krishnan, J.C. Tewari, Suresh Kumar and M.M. Roy. 27. Agroforestry Practices for Salt Affected Lands (Biosaline Agroforestry)/Munish Kumar, S.K. Uttam and Antony Joseph Raj. 28. Agroforestry Practices for Wetlands and Waterlogged Areas/S. Kala and T. Mohan Raj. VIII. Agroforestry Practices for Socio-Economic Development: 29. Agroforestry Practices for Non-Wood Forest Products and Rural Development/Manmohan J.R. Dobriyal. 30. Bamboo based Agroforestry Systems/M.S. Malik and Antony Joseph Raj. 31. Fruit Trees based Agroforestry Systems/K.S. Pant, A.G. Yewale and Prem Prakash. 32. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants based Agroforestry Systems/Ajay Thakur and Puran Chandra. 33. Fodder Production from Agroforestry Trees/Raj Kumar, J.Jayaprakash, J.M.S. Tomar, O.P. Charurvedi, Charan Singh and A.C. Rathore. 34. Agroforestry Practices for Fuelwood Production/Sharad Nema. IX. Environmental Services of Agroforestry: 35. Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation/Munesh Kumar. 36. Soil Fertility Improvement and Nutrient Cycling in Agroforestry/S.K.Uttam, Munish Kumar and Antony Joseph Raj. 37. Agroforestry Practices for Soil and Water Conservation/J.M.S. Tomar, R. Kaushal, A.C. Rathore, H. Mehta and O.P. Chaturvedi. 38. Agroforestry Practices for Wasteland Development/S.B.Lal and Antony Joseph Raj. 39. Windbreak and Shelterbelt Agroforestry Systems/C. Buvaneswaran. 40. Agroforestry for Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation/Antony Joseph Raj. X. Modern A.