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Posted 16 Feb 2024

Updated 22 Mar 2024

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  • Report emphasizes potential of converting wastelands into productive agroforestry zones. 
    • It employed remote sensing and GIS techniques to evaluate the suitability of agroforestry practices across all districts of India and introduced an Agroforestry Suitability Index (ASI) for national-level prioritization.
    • NITI Aayog also launched “GROW-Suitability Mapping” portal on Bhuvan (a geoportal of ISRO) for ensuring universal access to state and district-level data. 
  • Wastelands are lands which are unproductive, unfit for cultivation, grazing and other economic uses. 
    • According to Wasteland Atlas of India 2019, wastelands constitute 16.96% of geographical area of India in 2015-16
  • Agroforestry is a collective name for land-use systems where trees are managed together with crops and/or animal production systems in agricultural settings. 
    • Presently, agroforestry covers 8.65% of India's total geographical area. 
    • Three main types:
      • Agrisilvicultural systems are a combination of crops and trees.
      • Silvopastoral systems combine forestry and grazing of domesticated animals on pastures or on-farm.
      • Agrosylvopastoral systems where trees, animals and crops can be integrated.
         
  • Significance of Agroforestry
    • Mitigating climate change through microclimate moderation and carbon sequestration
    • Enhancing productivity, soil fertility and conserving soil
    • Optimizing use of arable land
  • Tags :
  • GROW
  • Agroforestry
  • Wasteland
  • Agroforestry Suitability Index (ASI)
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