FORESTRY
AGROFORESTRY
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Question
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Reducing the rate of surface runoff and leaching of soil nutrients.
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Microclimate improvement.
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Increase in nutrients in the soil.
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Improved soil structure due to the addition of organic matter.
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Increasing the income of agroforestry farmers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Agroforestry provides a number of environmental benefits as confirmed by scientific literature. The four major environmental benefits of agroforestry are (1) climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration, (2) biodiversity conservation, (3) soil health enrichment, and (4) air and water quality improvement.
Detailed explanation-2: -Agroforestry is practiced in both irrigated and rain fed conditions where it produces food, fuel, fodder, timber, fertilizer and fibre, contributes to food, nutritional and ecological security, sustains livelihoods, alleviates poverty and promotes productive and resilient cropping and farming environments.
Detailed explanation-3: -The environmental benefits of agro forestry are: Improving natural resource development: The total crop and wood production from an agro forestry plot is more than the separate production on the same piece of land. This is because the trees and crops complement each other’s growth.