Offered Papers Theme B: Grassland and the Environment
Description
In India, 187 M ha out of a total area of 328 M ha face the problem of land degradation, mostly due to water and wind erosion. The problems are aggravated by poor land cover and increasing pressure of human and livestock populations. There is over-exploitation of the scarce resources of forage and firewood. Several techniques, including watershed based silvopastoral land use have been proposed (Patil & Pathak, 1977). Tree, grass and legume based systems have been tried after land treatment to reduce runoff and soil loss while meeting the forage needs of the livestock and firewood for cooking in many studies (Debroy & Pathak, 1983). Results of an operational research project on silvopastoral systems are reported in this paper.
Citation
Pathak, P. S., "Optimising Forage Production on Degraded Lands in the Dry Tropics Through Silvopastoral Systems" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 58.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeB/58
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Optimising Forage Production on Degraded Lands in the Dry Tropics Through Silvopastoral Systems
In India, 187 M ha out of a total area of 328 M ha face the problem of land degradation, mostly due to water and wind erosion. The problems are aggravated by poor land cover and increasing pressure of human and livestock populations. There is over-exploitation of the scarce resources of forage and firewood. Several techniques, including watershed based silvopastoral land use have been proposed (Patil & Pathak, 1977). Tree, grass and legume based systems have been tried after land treatment to reduce runoff and soil loss while meeting the forage needs of the livestock and firewood for cooking in many studies (Debroy & Pathak, 1983). Results of an operational research project on silvopastoral systems are reported in this paper.
