Title: Agroforestry systems for sustainable land use /
Authors: Singh, Panjab, 1942-; Pathak, P. S.; Roy, M. M.; Range Management Society of India.
Publisher: Science Pub.,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Agroforestry India.; Agroforestry Asia.; Agroforestry Pacific Area.; Land degradation India.; Land degradation Asia.; Land degradation Pacific Area.
Abstract: This edited book, with papers contributed by eminent agroforestry professionals from eight countries, presents an account of land degradation and its associated risks, indigenous and improved agroforestry and grassland practices, their potential in sequestering carbon on wastelands. Socio-economic considerations of technology adoption by farmers in large numbers, and recent advances in agroforestry for specific situations in India, China, Australia, the UK, Indonesia, Nepal, Hungary, and Sri Lanka have also been accounted for. Besides these, the issues of environmental implications and for future development strategies have been highlighted.
Contents: 1. Agroforestry Systems on Degraded Lands / Panjab Singh, P.S. Pathak and M.M. Roy -- 2. Land Degradation : a Global Menace and Its Improvement through Agroforestry / Panjab Singh -- 3. Possibilities Offered by Grasslands / Imre Vinczeffy -- 4. ICRAF's Mission in Asia: A Test of Three Systems Hypotheses / Dennis P. Garrity -- 5. Indigenous Agroforestry Systems: an Adoptable Strategy for Rehabilitation and Sustainable Management of Degraded Land / Anoja Wickramasinghe -- 6. Role of Agroforestry in Restoring Degraded Areas / Zhu Zhaohua -- 7. Sustainable Development of Degraded Lands in Australia through Agroforestry and Other Farming Systems / John Wildin -- 8. The potential of Agroforestry for Sequestering Carbon in Wastelands and Mitigating Climate Change / Raj K. Gupta and D.L.N. Rao -- 9. Agroforestry Options for Degraded and Problematic Soils of India / J.C. Dagar, N.T. Singh and Gurbachan Singh.