Agroforestry, Organic Farming, and Water-Efficient Irrigation: Keys to India's Climate-Resilient Future
Agroforestry, organic farming, and water-efficient irrigation hold tremendous potential for a climate-resilient future in India.
The unpredictability of the weather, degradation of soil, and scarcity of water resources have made agriculture in India a highly stressed component of the food security chain. This urgent requirement has opened the route for transition to sustainable agricultural systems, and one finds agroforestry, organic farming, and water-efficient irrigation as the new emerging trends to find the solution key to climate resilience in agriculture systems in India.
Agroforestry: Interculture of Trees and Crops
Agroforestry is the cultivation of trees intermingled with crops. It promotes biodiversity, healthy soil, and productivity on a sustainable basis. As the integration of crops with trees through agroforestry systems provides more shade, offers crop protection from winds, and controls soil erosion, tree integration benefits carbon sequestration. Such benefits
