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DOI: 10.1007/s10457-018-0233-7
WOS记录号: WOS:000474352900011
论文题名:
Agroforestry suitability mapping of India: geospatial approach based on FAO guidelines
作者: Ahmad, Firoz1; Uddin, Md Meraj2; Goparaju, Laxmi1
通讯作者: Ahmad, Firoz
刊名: AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS
ISSN: 0167-4366
EISSN: 1572-9680
出版年: 2019
卷: 93, 期:4, 页码:1319-1336
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Agroforestry ; FAO ; GIS ; Land suitability ; Harmonized World Soil Database ; India
WOS关键词: AGRICULTURE ; INTENSIFICATION ; INTENSITY ; EROSION
WOS学科分类: Agronomy ; Forestry
WOS研究方向: Agriculture ; Forestry
英文摘要:

Agroforestry system has the enormous capacity to achieve social, economic, and environmental goals by optimizing land productivity. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the land potentiality in India for agroforestry based on FAO land suitability criteria utilizing various land, soil, climate, and topographic themes. This was achieved in GIS Domain by integrating various thematic layers scientifically. The analysis of land potentiality in India for agroforestry suitability reveals 32.8% as highly suitable (S1), 40.4% moderately suitable (S2), 11.7% marginally suitable (S3), and 9.1% not suitable (NS). About 52% of land of India is under the cropland category. In addition, it revealed that the 46% of these cropland areas fall into high agroforestry suitable category S1, and provide huge opportunity for harnessing agroforestry practices. Furthermore, agroforestry suitability mapping in broad ecosystem and in different agroecological regions will assist various projects in India at the regional level. Such results will also boost the various objectives of the National Agroforestry Policy (2014, http://www.cafri.res.in/NAF_Policy.pdf) and policymakers of India where they need to extend it. The potential of geospatial technology can be exploited in the field of agroforestry for the benefit of rural poor people/farmers by ensuring food and ecological security, resilience in livelihoods, and can sustain extreme weather events such as droughts and climate change impact. Such type of research can be replicated in India at village level (local level) to state level (regional level) utilizing the significant themes which affect the agroforestry suitability. This will certainly fetch better results on ground and will significantly assist the management programs.


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作者单位: 1.Vindhyan Ecol & Nat Hist Fdn, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
2.Ranchi Univ, Univ Dept Math, MCA, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

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Ahmad, Firoz,Uddin, Md Meraj,Goparaju, Laxmi. Agroforestry suitability mapping of India: geospatial approach based on FAO guidelines[J]. AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS,2019-01-01,93(4):1319-1336
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