Bioeconomic Appraisal of Flowering Annuals for Seed Production under Poplar (&lt;i&gt;Populus deltoides&lt;/i&gt;) Based Agroforestry System

Rani, Sumayya; Chauhan, S.K.; Kumar, Rajiv; Dhatt, K.K.

doi:10.4038/tar.v22i2.2821

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“…75,000 to 87,000) ha -1 yr -1 from poplar-based agroforestry against approximately 450 € to 555 € (INR 30,000 to 37,000) ha -1 yr -1 from rice-wheat rotation [18]. Much higher output of flower seeds than wheat crop was reported by Rani et al [12]. Flowers for seed production are relatively remunerative enterprise as compared to the traditional rabi crop i.e., Triticum aestivum (wheat).…”

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confidence: 84%

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Economic Evaluation of Different Land Use Systems in North Western Region of Punjab, India

Rani¹,

Rajasekaran²,

Benbi³

et al. 2017

Forest Res

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The present study is the outcome of socio-economic diagnosis of traditional as well as commercial agroforestry practices followed by farmers in north western region of Punjab state, India. Tree species like P. deltoides, E. tereticornis and T. grandis are the main species of commercial agroforestry system, whereas, agricultural crops are grown traditionally. Simultaneously economics of P. pyrifolia based orchid was also included for evaluation. Results showed that tree based land use systems are economically viable and more profitable than pure agricultural crops. Highest B:C ratio was recorded in pure E. tereticornis plantations (3.30) after 5 years. Simultaneously higher B:C ratio (2.02) was recorded in P. deltoides+T. aestivum crop based land use system followed by T. grandis plantations (2.06), T. aestivum+O. sativa (1.89), T. aestivum+P. glaucum+fruit crop (1.72), B. napus+fruit crop (1.56) and B. napus+O. sativa (1.27) during period of study. E. tereticornis and P. deltoids based land use systems are economically viable and more profitable than other land use systems in this study area of Punjab. These land-use systems have also provided additional revenue and generated on farm employment opportunities.

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“…Poplar (P. deltoides) based agroforesrty system is economically more viable and more profitable than any of the crop rotations [8,10,12,13]. Gradual crop yield reduction under tree canopy with age is usual phenomenon due to shade effect on the inter-cultivated crops [14,15].…”

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Economic Evaluation of Different Land Use Systems in North Western Region of Punjab, India

Rani¹,

Rajasekaran²,

Benbi³

et al. 2017

Forest Res

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“…It improves wood quality and tree stem shape. Pruning decreased the tree taper and increases the volume and medium pruning intensity has highest volume increment (Rani et al, 2011;Manhas et al, 2011. Agroforestry may be one of the solutions to increase forest area to one third of the total geographical area of our country.…”

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Impact of Pruning and Agronomical Management on Wood Production and Yield of Paddy under Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. Based Agroforestry System

Patel¹,

Bisen²,

Jain³

et al. 2017

IJBSM

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(M.P.) during, kharif season of 2014. The experiment involve four pruning intensities+one open (without tree) in main plot and Three agronomical management practices in sub plot under strip plot design with five replications. The results revealed that, the growth and yield attributing parameters of paddy were significantly varied due to the effect of different pruning treatments and agronomical management practices. Among all the treatments open condition (crop only) produced significantly higher grain and straw yield (24.8 q ha-1 and 37.7 q ha-1 , respectively). Under agronomical management system 25% more nitrogen produced significantly higher grain and straw yield (21.6 q ha-1 and 36.2 q ha-1). It was found that the diameter at breast height (Dbh) of tree was significantly influenced by different pruning treatments. 25% pruning recorded significantly higher dbh (23.98 cm). The cylindrical volume and stand biomass of tree significantly influenced by different pruning treatments, 25% pruning recorded significantly higher cylindrical volume (217.27 m 3 ha-1) and stand biomass (167301.31 kg ha-1), which was significantly superior to 75% pruning and at pt par with no pruning and 50% pruning. The present study suggested that shade of trees adversely affects growth and yield of crop but silvicultural operation which can reduce tree canopy, facilitated entry of sunlight, pruning is one of them.

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“…The onfarm area under poplar plantation is increasing every year because of huge demand from wood based industries (Rizvi et al 2014;Wani and Malik 2014) and pressure for diversification in traditional crop rotations for enhanced economics and saving of depleting natural resources (Prasad and Nagrajan 2004;Khullar et al 2010;Rani et al 2011;Chauhan et al 2013). International Poplar Commission Workshop in 2012 at Dehradun, India reflects the importance of the species for environmental and livelihood security in India.…”

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Carbon sequestration potential in agroforestry system in India: an analysis for carbon project

2015

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India is a large developing country with more than seventy per cent population earning their livelihood from diverse land use activities. Changing climate is a worry for the nation but the country cannot afford to slow down the developing/developmental activities. Landuse activities in irrigated agro-ecosystems have started shifting from traditional agriculture to smart agriculture to meet the country's food requirements and secure livelihood security. But this shift has been achieved at the cost of natural resources and degradation of environment. Realizing the benefits of climate smart agriculture in the changing scenario, farmers are adapting slowly to it but appropriate details of climate vulnerability and package of climate smart agriculture including tree-crop interaction are very limited for adoption. It is important to assess the strengths and weaknesses of carbon sequestration (CS) projects with respect to their practical potential rather than biophysical potential for registration under clean development mechanism for additional income. There is a need to address the technical, economic, legal and social issues of the adopters because they have to lock their land for long time for CS projects, therefore confidence building measures are essentially required to make them aware/motivate for adoption of trees on their farms for mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and adaptation against changing climate. However, the potential of agroforestry (AF) systems has not been reflected in registration of CS projects due to lack of best practices in AF, procedures and methodologies for carbon accounting, etc., which requires thorough review to develop appropriate models for payments of environmental benefits. Poplar based AF has been considered here as an example to understand the process of accounting CS and its practical applicability for environmental payments.

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Bioeconomic Appraisal of Flowering Annuals for Seed Production under Poplar (<i>Populus deltoides</i>) Based Agroforestry System

Cited by 9 publications

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Economic Evaluation of Different Land Use Systems in North Western Region of Punjab, India

Economic Evaluation of Different Land Use Systems in North Western Region of Punjab, India

Impact of Pruning and Agronomical Management on Wood Production and Yield of Paddy under Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. Based Agroforestry System

Carbon sequestration potential in agroforestry system in India: an analysis for carbon project

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