Agroforestry for Degraded Landscapes

This book presents various aspects of agroforestry research and development, as well as the latest trends in degraded landscape management. Over the last four decades, agroforestry research (particularly on degraded landscapes) has evolved into an essential problem-solving science, e.g. in terms of sustaining agricultural productivity, improving soil health and biodiversity, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting carbon sequestration and mitigating climate change. This book examines temperate and tropical agroforestry systems around the world, focusing on traditional and modern practices and technologies used to rehabilitate degraded lands. It covers the latest research advances, trends and challenges in the utilization and reclamation of degraded lands, e.g. urban and peri-urban agroforestry, reclamation of degraded landscapes, tree-based multi-enterprise agriculture, domestication of high-value halophytes, afforestation of coastal areas, preserving mangroves and much more. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for a broad range of stakeholders including farmers, scientists, researchers, educators, students, development/extension agents, environmentalists, policy/decision makers, and government and non-government organizations.

This book presents various aspects of agroforestry research and development, as well as the latest trends in degraded landscape management. Over the last four decades, agroforestry research (particularly on degraded landscapes) has evolved into an essential problem-solving science, e.g. in terms of sustaining agricultural productivity, improving soil health and biodiversity, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting carbon sequestration and mitigating climate change. This book examines temperate and tropical agroforestry systems around the world, focusing on traditional and modern practices and technologies used to rehabilitate degraded lands. It covers the latest research advances, trends and challenges in the utilization and reclamation of degraded lands, e.g. urban and peri-urban agroforestry, reclamation of degraded landscapes, tree-based multi-enterprise agriculture, domestication of high-value halophytes, afforestation of coastal areas, preserving mangroves and much more. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for a broad range of stakeholders including farmers, scientists, researchers, educators, students, development/extension agents, environmentalists, policy/decision makers, and government and non-government organizations.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Agroforestry for Rehabilitation of Degraded Landscapes: Achieving Livelihood and Environmental Security.- Chapter 3. Agroforestry to Enhance Livelihood Security in Africa:  Research Trends and Emerging Challenges.- Chapter 4. Potential of Agroforestry to Enhance Livelihood Security in Africa.- Chapter 5. Agroforestry Systems for Arid Ecologies in India.- Chapter 6. Land Use Management by Small Holders’ Households as a Promising Way for Synergies Between the Rio Conventions: Case Study in Semi-arid Areas of Cameroon.- Chapter 7. Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services of Agroforestry Systems in the West African Sahel: A Review.- Chapter 8. Agroforestry Systems for Improving Nutrient Recycling and Soil Fertility on Degraded Lands.- Chapter 9. Sustainability ofFaidherbia albida-based Agroforestry in Crop Production and Maintaining Soil Health.- Chapter 10. Characterization ofFaidherbia albida andProsopis africana Trees Wood Anatomy and Response to Climate Variability Using Dendrochronology in the Sahelian Agroforestry Parklands.- Chapter 11. Potential of Gliricidia-based Agroforestry Systems for Resource Limited Agro-ecosystems.- Chapter 12. Lac-based Agroforestry System for Degraded Land.- Chapter 13. The Role of Insects in Enhancing Ecosystem Services of Tree-based Systems on Degraded Lands.- Chapter 14. Socio-economic and Policy Issues in Relation to Adoption of Agroforestry in Africa.- Chapter 15. Agroforestry Options for Degraded Landscapes in Southeast Asia.- Chapter 16. Community-based Peat Swamp Restoration through Agroforestry in Indonesia.- Chapter 17. Agroforestry to Sustain Island and Coastal Agriculture in Scenario of Climate Change: Indian Perspective.- Chapter 18. Incentivizing Hill Farmers for Promoting Agroforestry as an Alternative to Shifting Cultivation in North-East India.- Chapter 19. Promoting Bamboo-based Agroforestry for Enhancing Ecosystem Services from Degraded Lands.- Chapter 20. The Contribution of Agroforestry to Restoration and Conservation:  Biodiversity Islands in Degraded Landscapes.- Chapter 21. Soil Micro-arthropods as Indicators of Soil Health of Tropical Homegardens in Kerala,  India.- Chapter 22. Biomass Production Potentials under Temperate Agroforestry Systems as Influenced by Selected Sustainability Indicators: A Case Study Approach with Supportive Evidence.- Chapter 23. Management Practices vis-a-vis Agroforestry for the Improvement of Rangelands of Jammu and Kashmir in Northwestern Himalaya.- Chapter 24. The influence of Over-mature, DegradedNothofagus Forests with Strong Anthropic Disturbance on the Quality of an Andisol, and Its Gradual Recovery with Silvopasture in Southwestern South America.- Chapter 25. Assessment of Trees Outside Forests (TOF) with emphasis on agroforestry systems.- Chapter 26. Agroforestry Interventions for Rehabilitating Salt-affected and Waterlogged Marginal Landscapes.- Chapter 27. Silvopasture Options for Enhanced Biological Productivity of Degraded Pasture/Grazing Lands: An Overview.- Chapter 28. Potential of Agroforestry for Rehabilitation of Degraded Ravine Lands.- Chapter 29. Halophytes for Utilizing and Restoring Coastal Saline Soils of India: Emphasis on Agroforestry Mode.- Chapter 30. Urban and Peri-urban Agroforestry: Utilization of Waste Water and Degraded Landscapes for Environmental and Livelihood Security.- Chapter 31. Agroforestry Approach for Rehabilitation of Mine Spoils.- Chapter 32. Tree Plantations for Improving Soil Fertility and Carbon Sequestration on Mine Spoils.- Chapter 33. Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems for Rehabilitating Degraded Lands of India.- Chapter 34. Agroforestry Developments for Degraded Landscapes: A Synthesis.