S K DHYANIICAR-National Research Centre for

Agroforestry, Jhansi, UP, India

S K DHYANIICAR-National Research Centre for

Agroforestry, Jhansi, UP, India

Open Access: Agroforestry Research

Presentation

OA-Agriculture in IndiaOA Policy in ICARAgroforestry & OAOA- International scenario

Open Access specific resources: Agriculture in India http://aims.fao.org/community/agricultural-information-

management-standards-tools-services-advice-aims/blogs/openagri-op#.VDz2O_mUcTM

Open Access specific resources: Agriculture in India http://agropedialabs.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/

Open Access: ICAR-policyhttp://icar.org.in/en/node/6609

Agroforestry• In India, AF has been a way of life. It is practiced in one form or other in different parts of the country since long.

•Retaining trees on field bunds and/or inside fields or leaving a chunk of holding under natural vegetation is common practice.

• Most AFS provide 5 Fs, plant derived medicines, and timber resources.

• AF area in India estimated to be 14.46 M ha without fallow & 17.45 M ha with fallow land as against 25.32 M ha[ Dhyani et al. 2013].

•>1 billion ha in developing countries, and to a lesser extent in the industrialized countries (Nair et al. 2009;

Zomer et al. 2009)

•Cross cutting approach - sustainable livelihoods and climate change mitigation

Source: Bhuvan LULC (2011-12), NRSC, Hyderabad (http://bhuvan-noeda.nrsc.gov.in/theme/thematic/theme.php)

Type of Experiments Conducted in AF Germplasm Collection and Exploration studiesTree Improvement and Propagation TrialsTransect Analysis Tree Crop InteractionsSoil and nutrient studiesTree/Crop Physiology StudiesHydrological studies in AF Exp.Biofuel StudiesValue addition through AFDesigning and development of AF Database Use of modern tools & procedures- RS, GIS, GPSOn Farm Trials

Type of Data collectedTree ComponentCrop ComponentPropagation DataSoil, nutrient, moisture Physiology and micro-climate HydrologyWatershedC sequestration potential of AFValue additionEconomic analysisSurvey DataRemote Sensing & GIS, GPSEcosystem services….

Tree & Crop componentsTree Growth Attributes : Height, clean bole height, dia. at different heights, no. of primary branches, canopy dia.Tree Harvesting Attributes : AG and BG biomass components like bole, stem, leaf, branch, root biomass and stem volumeCrop Growth and harvesting attributes: Plant Population/ (m2), Plant height (cm), No. of pods/ plant, No. of branch/ plant, Grain wt./ plant (g), Straw wt./ plant (g), Grain yield (kg/ha), Straw yield (kg/ha), Biological yield (kg/ha), Harvest index (%)

Agroforestry Database Development Programme

The specific objectives of the project are

To enable quick and efficient access to consolidated pool of information on agroforestry trees - crop species that can assume useful production or service, or both.

To provide a tool that will assist in the selection of tree/crop/grass species for use in agroforestry and related research using factors that are relevant to the chosen agroforestry technologies.

Whereas the mission of the project,

is to develop Web enabled Agroforestry Information System by providing comprehensive information on agroforestry in India in a temporal and spatial framework.

These databases has been abbreviated as

“agroforestryBASE”

Online Database Management at NRC Agroforestry

"agroforestryBASE"Each part of the "agroforestryBASE" is an independent

module and the components include database management at backend and application programme at the front-end.

It includes following databases namelyDatabase on Agroforestry Research Projects Database on Economic Analysis of AF Case StudyDatabase on Agroforestry MPTS Database on Agroforestry Interventions/Innovations Bibliographic Databases on Agroforestry MPTS and

Web Portal on Tree growth modelling in India

Open Access: Agroforestry Research in IndiaAgroforestry Database Development Programme (NRCAF-Jhansi) w.e.f. 2004

http://210.212.57.102/net/ (best viewed in browser-INTERNET EXPLORER)

The Database on MPTS (Multipurpose Tree Species) contains information on MPTS being invariably utilized in AF with details on growth, climatic requirement, diseases and pest, production, bibliography etc.

Agroforestry Database Development Programme (NRCAF-Jhansi)

http://210.212.57.102/net/mptshome.asp

MPTS-database

Open Access: Agroforestry Research in IndiaAgroforestry Database Development Programme (NRCAF-Jhansi)

http://210.212.57.102/net/transferhome.asp

AF-Intervention-Innovation-database

Open Access: Agroforestry Research in IndiaAgroforestry Database Development Programme (NRCAF-Jhansi)

http://210.212.57.102/net/economichome.asp

Economic-Analysis database

Open Access: Agroforestry Research World-wideWorld Agroforestry Centre

http://www.worldagroforestry.org/our_products

Open Access: Agroforestry Research World-wideWorld Agroforestry Centre

http://www.worldagroforestry.org/our_products/databases

Open access

Open access  Agroforestry journals include:

International Journal of Agroforestry and Silviculture International Journal of Agroforestry, Remote Sensing and GIS

http://internationalscholarsjournals.org/journal/ijasoa

http://technical.cloud-journals.com/index.php/IJARSGIS/index

Open accessOpen access forestry journals include:

Forests, "an open access journal of forestry and forest ecology," published by MDPI, based in Switzerland

International Journal of Forest, Soil and Erosion, Iran

International Journal of Forestry Research, "a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of forestry research," published by Hindawi Publishing Corporation, based in New York

Journal of Forest and Livelihood, "documents and disseminates the insights, lessons and innovations taking place in socio-cultural, political and economic aspects of environmental governance and rural livelihoods in Nepal," published by ForestAction Nepal, inNepal

Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University (JFFIU) (formerly Review of the Faculty of Forestry, University of Istanbul), est. 1951, Turkey.

The Open Forest Science Journal, "publishes research articles, reviews, letters and guest edited single topic issues in all areas of forest science," published by Bentham Science Publishers, based in Sharjah, U.A.E.; Oak Park, Illinois, USA; and Bussum, the Netherlands

http://www.sciencemedia.de/biotech/forestry.htm

Open Access specific resources: Forestry/Agroforestry

http://www.globallometree.org/

Open Access specific resources: Forestry/Agroforestry

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/254098/icode/

Open Access specific resources: Forestry/Agroforestryhttp://www.openforis.org/

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