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Climate Change Smart Option and Doubling Farmer’s Income through Melia dubia-Based Agri-Silviculture System


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1 Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030,, India
2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kampasagar, Nalgonda district 508 278, India
3 AICRP on Agroforestry, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
 

A field experiment was carried out to estimate biomass production, carbon stock and economic performance of Melia dubia under agri-silviculture system. The grain yields of pearl millet were significantly lower under M. dubia plantations (852–2920 kg ha–1) compared to sole crop without trees (3182 kg ha–1). Maximum biomass production of 6-yr-old M. dubia planting was recorded as 74.9 t ha–1 and minimum was 53.9 t ha–1. Contribution of M. dubia to total carbon stock and carbon dioxide sequestration was observed in the range 27.0–37.5 and 98.9–137.5 t ha–1 respectively. The net returns obtained from the tree were lowest ( 116,134–182,885 ha–1) when compared to the tree + crop ( 139,953–209,650 ha–1) system. The lowest net returns were observed in sole crop without trees ( 27,351 ha–1). Thus, M. dubia plantations contributed towards higher carbon dioxide sequestration and economic performance of agri-silviculture system was higher compared to sole crop.

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Agroforestry, Biomass, Carbon Stock, Melia bubia.
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Authors

P. Chandana
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030,, India
A. Madhavi Lata
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030,, India
M. A. Aariff Khan
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kampasagar, Nalgonda district 508 278, India
A. Krishna
AICRP on Agroforestry, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India

Abstract


A field experiment was carried out to estimate biomass production, carbon stock and economic performance of Melia dubia under agri-silviculture system. The grain yields of pearl millet were significantly lower under M. dubia plantations (852–2920 kg ha–1) compared to sole crop without trees (3182 kg ha–1). Maximum biomass production of 6-yr-old M. dubia planting was recorded as 74.9 t ha–1 and minimum was 53.9 t ha–1. Contribution of M. dubia to total carbon stock and carbon dioxide sequestration was observed in the range 27.0–37.5 and 98.9–137.5 t ha–1 respectively. The net returns obtained from the tree were lowest ( 116,134–182,885 ha–1) when compared to the tree + crop ( 139,953–209,650 ha–1) system. The lowest net returns were observed in sole crop without trees ( 27,351 ha–1). Thus, M. dubia plantations contributed towards higher carbon dioxide sequestration and economic performance of agri-silviculture system was higher compared to sole crop.

Keywords


Agroforestry, Biomass, Carbon Stock, Melia bubia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv118%2Fi3%2F444-448