Agroforestry for Soil health
Dear friends,
An updated version of the Power-point presentation about
‘Agro-forestry’ (Latest update on 06/05/2012) is available in this blog. This presentation has become so popular with the Agri-netizens that download requests and permission to copy it are pouring in.
The presentation can be viewed by clicking the thumbnail below:
The presentation has the following topics with 76 slides of good
pictures and graphic illustrations. Some of them are published here:
1.
The factors influencing the farmers to adopt ‘Agro-forestry’.
2.
Farmer’s misadventure in the cultivation of ‘Money Spinning
Trees’.
3.
Agro-forestry for soil health.
4.
Agro-forestry to raise ‘organic carbon’ (O.C) content of
the soil.
5.
Measures to enhance soil fertility.
6.
Agriculture also contributes to ‘Green house gases’.
7.
The ‘Carbon cycle’.
9.
The six Agro-forestry practices.
a)
Wind Breakers / Shelterbelts.
b)
Forest farming in shade. (Integration of trees with plants
that loves shade).
c)
Alley cropping.
d)
Riparian forest buffers.
e)
Woody crop plantations.
f)
Silvo-pasture.
10.
Cropping patterns for tree crops.
I.
Bund planting.
II.
As contour hedge rows.
III.
Multitier cropping system.
11.
Importance of
mulching.
12.
List of some fodder
giving trees.
13.
List of some
‘Nitrogen fixing trees’.
14.
List of
‘Economically important fast growing trees’ as recommended by the
Forest Department.
15.
List of trees that
have gained wide spread acceptance among farmers.
16.
List of long
standing, hard wood trees that have good market value.
17.
List of 12 trees
that are eligible for 'NMMP' (National Mission for Medicinal
Near to Agroforestry - A way to increase Tree cover and soil health:
http://www.icfre.org/UserFiles/File/Institute-IFGTB-2011/Newsletter-April-June-2011-190711.pdf
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