Apple-based agroforestry systems for biomass production and carbon sequestration: implication for food security and climate change contemplates in temperate region of Northern Himalaya, India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiba Zahoor ◽  
Vaishnu Dutt ◽  
A. H. Mughal ◽  
Nazir A. Pala ◽  
K. N. Qaisar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Biomass Production ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Temperate Region

scholarly journals Horticultural Agroforestry Systems Recommended for Climate Change Adaptation: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Montes Colmenares ◽  
R. Castro Brindis ◽  
C. Villanueva Verduzco ◽  
M. Pérez Grajales ◽  
M. Uribe Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
High Input ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Forestry Sector ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

High input costs, environmental degradation and climate change have generated new challenges in the agriculture, horticulture and forestry sector. The objective of this paper is to identify the main horticultural agroforestry systems useful for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Agri-horticulture, Horti-olericulture, Silvi-olericulture, Horti-pasture, Horti/Silvo-medicinal, Horti/Silvo-ornamental, Horti-silviculture, Horti-entomoforestry and Horti-Pisciculture are horticultural agroforestry systems recommended. Agroforestry systems in comparison with monoculture systems, have better use of water, soil and light, can help reduce the application of herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, fertilizers, increasing food security, biodiversity protection and climatic change adaptation. We recommended national politics, subsidies, technical support and credits for global farmers.

scholarly journals Adaptation of agroforestry as a climate smart agriculture technology in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
ZA Riyadh ◽  
MA Rahman ◽  
SR Saha ◽  
T Ahamed ◽  
D Current
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Tree Cover ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change ◽  
Agroforestry Practices

Geographical position makes Bangladesh globally as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. It is observed that climate change has become a burning issue jeopardizing the agricultural production in the country. Considering the issue, adoption of climate smart agriculture (CSA) is indispensable for mitigating climate change by reducing emissions, capturing the atmospheric carbon and storing it in biomass and soil. The study reviewed the literature to evaluate the potentiality of agroforestry practices as climate smart agriculture to mitigate climate change impacts. Agroforestry has traditionally contributed to climate resilience in Bangladesh by integrating trees and/or crops into different land use practices. Agroforestry systems enhance resilience to climate change through increasing tree cover, carbon sequestration, increasing production, reducing threats to associated crops, creating favourable microclimate to support associated crops, reducing harvest pressure on natural forests, conserving biodiversity and cycling nutrients. Globally 23 countries recognize agroforestry as a mitigation priority, whereas 29 as an adaptation priority. Bangladesh has potential to expand agroforestry practices to mitigate climate change and boost food security. From socioeconomic and ecological point of views as well, agroforestry offers strong potential to evolve climate smart agricultural practices supporting food security, and adaptation and mitigation. Agroforestry practices should increase in climate vulnerable agroecosystems of Bangladesh. Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 11(1): 49-59, June 2021

SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADVANCE FOOD SECURITY

Soil Science ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 172 (12) ◽  
pp. 943-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Lal ◽  
R. F. Follett ◽  
B. A. Stewart ◽  
J. M. Kimble
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Soil Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change

scholarly journals Forest management and carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean region: A review

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. eR04S ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado ◽  
Andrés Bravo-Oviedo ◽  
Eduardo López-Senespleda ◽  
Felipe Bravo ◽  
Miren Del Rio
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Climatic Variability ◽  
Rotation Period ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Management Options ◽  
The Mediterranean

Aim of the study: To review and acknowledge the value of carbon sequestration by forest management in the Mediterranean area.Material and methods: We review the main effects of forest management by comparing the effects of silvicultural systems (even-aged vs. uneven-aged stands, coppice systems, agroforestry systems), silvicultural options (thinning, rotation period, species composition), afforestation, harvesting, fire impact or effects of shrub layer on carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean area.Main results: We illustrate as forest management can clearly improve forest carbon sequestration amounts. We conclude that forest management is an effective way to maintain and enhance high carbon sequestration rates in order to cope with climate change and provision of ecosystem services. We also think that although much effort has been put into this topic research, there are still certain gaps that must be dealt with to increase our scientific knowledge and in turn transfer this knowledge to forest practitioners in order to achieve sustainable management aimed at mitigating climate change.Research highlights: It is important to underline the importance of forests in the carbon cycle as this role can be enhanced by forest managers through sustainable forest management. The effects of different management options or disturbances can be critical as regards mitigating climate change. Understanding the effects of forest management is even more important in the Mediterranean area, given that the current high climatic variability together with historical human exploitation and disturbance events make this area more vulnerable to the effects of climate change

scholarly journals Bio-management Options for Ecosystem Services, Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Adaptation in Saline Environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-33
Author(s):  
Mukesh Kumar ◽  
S. R. Gupta ◽  
Neetu Kataria ◽  
G. T. Patle
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Biomass Production ◽  
Soil Improvement ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Sodic Soils ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Ameliorative Effect

Nearly one billion hectares of arid and semiarid areas of the world are salt affected and remain barren due to salinity or water scarcity. These lands can be utilized by adopting appropriate planting techniques and integrating trees with tolerant crops, forage grasses, oil yielding crops, aromatic and medicinal plants. Biosaline agroforestry provides various ecosystem services such as the improved soil fertility, carbon sequestration, and biomass production. Provisioning services relating to biomass production have been well studied in different biosaline agroforestry. Tree plantations and agroforestry enrich the soil in organic matter and exert a considerable ameliorative effect on soil properties. The soil microbial biomass serves as a useful indicator of soil improvement under salt stress. By integrating trees with the naturally occurring grassland systems on highly sodic soils, the soil organic carbon content increased from 5.3 Mg ha−1 (in sole grass) to 13.6, 10.9, and 14.2 Mg ha−1, when Dalbergia sissoo, Acacia nilotica, and Prosopis juliflora trees were introduced with grass. The strip-plantations of clonal Eucalyptus tereticornis sequestered 15.5 t ha–1 carbons during the first rotation of 5 years and 4 months. The soils of biosaline agroforestry could store 25.9–99.3 Mg C ha−1 in surface 0.3 m soil. Maintaining the stores and sink of carbon in agroforestry could play a key role in climate change mitigation as well as help in adaption changing environmental conditions.

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