HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
AGRO FORESTRY SYSTEMS
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Question
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Water supply, fences, and access tracks
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Water supply
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Fencing
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Water supply and access tracks
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Detailed explanation-1: -A total of 53.32 Mha, representing about 17.57 per cent of the total reported geographical area (TRGA) of India, could potentially be under agroforestry in the near future, thus making agroforestry a major land-use activity, after agriculture and forestry.
Detailed explanation-2: -Area under agroforestry in agro-climatic zones of India has been mapped and estimated. Methodology for mapping agroforestry using high resolution remote sensing data. Estimated area in 15 agro-climatic zones come out to be 28.427 million ha, which is about 8.65 percent of the geographical area.
Detailed explanation-3: -Leveraging various ongoing schemes and programs of the Government of India to carry out and promote agroforestry systems like MGNREGA, NRLM, and RKVY.