Agroforestry: Principles and Practices: 2nd Fully Revised and Enlarged Edition

Contents: 1. Forests and forestry. 2. Agroforestry - a sustainable land use system. 3. Agroforestry: policy and projects. 4. Agroforestry systems and their classification. 5. Social forestry. 6. Urban forestry. 7. Agroforestry for soil fertility and productivity. 8. Tree crop interaction in agroforestry. 9. Selection of tree species for agroforestry. 10. Agroforestry: planning and management. 11. Agroforestry for different agroecological zones. 12. Agroforestry for watershed management. 13. Agroforestry for wasteland development. 14. Agroforestry for climate change: adaptation and mitigation. 15. Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems. 16. Agroforestry: diagnosis and design. 17. Design and analysis of agroforestry experiments. 18. Economics of agroforestry. 19. Agroforestry extension. 20. Management practices of multipurpose trees.

Agroforestry is now recommended as a core subject in the curriculum of undergraduate courses of forestry, horticulture and agriculture. Keeping the needs of the students in mind this book has been written. Besides fulfilling curriculum requirements of the students, it will also help them to prepare for various competitive examinations. The plant lovers may also find this book worth reading.

This book has been divided into twenty chapters covering all aspects of agroforestry including concepts, systems classifications, soil productivity, tree-crop interaction, watershed and wasteland management through agroforestry, climate change adaptation and mitigation, carbon sequestration, urban agroforestry, agroforestry design and diagnosis, economics and extension of agroforestry.