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An introduction to agroforestry [electronic resource] : four decades of scientific developments / P. K. Ramachandran Nair, B. Mohan Kumar, Vimala D. Nair.

Nair, P. K. R.; Mohan Kumar, B., author.; Nair, Vimala D., author.
2021
S494.5.A43
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Title
An introduction to agroforestry [electronic resource] : four decades of scientific developments / P. K. Ramachandran Nair, B. Mohan Kumar, Vimala D. Nair.
Author
Nair, P. K. R.
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9783030753580 (electronic bk.)
3030753581 (electronic bk.)
3030753573
9783030753573
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75358-0
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Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
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English
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1 online resource
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10.1007/978-3-030-75358-0 doi
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S494.5.A43
Dewey Decimal Classification
634.9/9
Summary
Agroforestry "the practice of growing trees and crops in interacting combinations" is recognized the world over as an integrated approach to sustainable land-use. Agroforestry systems, being multifunctional, facilitate not only the production of food and wood products but also provide a variety of ecosystem services such as climate-change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, and soil quality improvement. Agroforestry research has made rapid strides since organized efforts started in the late 1970s. Today, a vast body of scientific knowledge and an impressive array of publications on agroforestry are available. Four World Congresses on Agroforestry conducted once every five years since 2004 have brought together the global community of agroforestry professionals and practitioners to share and discuss the emerging trends and paradigm shifts in this field. The fifth Congress is scheduled to be held in Québec, Canada. However, a comprehensive college-level textbook incorporating these research findings did not exist until this book was first published. The first edition of this book in 1993 (Nair, P. K. R., 1993) is out of print and somewhat dated. This revised edition, with emphasis on the scientific developments during the past more than four decades, addresses this long-felt need.
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Mohan Kumar, B., author.
Nair, Vimala D., author.
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Part 1. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. Historical Developments: The Coming of Age of Agroforestry
Chapter 2. Definition and Concepts of Agroforestry
Chapter 3. Classification of Agroforestry Systems
Chapter 4. Global Distribution of Agroforestry Systems
Part 2. AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES
Chapter 5. Shifting Cultivation and Taungya
Chapter 6. Tropical Alley Cropping and Improved Fallows
Chapter 7. Tropical Homegardens
Chapter 8. Shaded Perennial Agroforestry Systems
Chapter 9. Silvopastoral Systems in the Tropics and Subtropics
Chapter 10. Agroforestry in the Temperate Zone
Chapter 11. Other Agroforestry Systems and Practices
Part 3. BIOPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF AGROFORESTRY: PLANT PRODUCTIVITY
Chapter 12. General Principles of Plant Productivity
Chapter 13. Multipurpose Trees (MPTs) and Other Agroforestry Species
Chapter 14. Plant-to-plant (Tree-Crop) Interactions in Agroforestry Systems
Part 4. BIOPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF AGROFORESTRY: SOIL PRODUCTIVITY AND PROTECTION
Chapter 15. Soils and Agroforestry: General Principles
Chapter 16. Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Cycling
Chapter 17. Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrogen-Fixing Trees
Chapter 18. Soil Conservation and Control of Land Degradation
Part 5. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF AGROFORESTRY
Chapter 19. Ecosystem Services of Agroforestry: An Introduction
Chapter 20. Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Mitigation
Chapter 21. Agroforestry for Biodiversity Conservation
Chapter 22. Other Ecosystem Services of Agroforestry
Part 6. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AGROFORESTRY, AND LAND MANAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE
Chapter 23. Sustainable Development Goals, Food security, and Agroforestry
Chapter 24. Agroforestry and Land Management in the Future.

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