TY - CONF T1 - Traditional agro-forestry practices in arid zone of Rajasthan T2 - Paper presented at the Summer Institute on Agro-Forestry in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones, 15th June to 14th July, 1981 Y1 - 1981 A1 - S. P. Malhotra KW - Bordi KW - community forestry KW - fuelwood KW - Khejri AB -

In this paper the author discusses the agroforestry practices in different agro-climatic zones in Rajashthan. Six benefits were listed for the reason agroforestry techniques were needed:

  1. meeting fuel requirements,
  2. fencing materials,
  3. construction of lodging,
  4. fodder,
  5. food for human consumption, and
  6. protection against soil erosion and green manure.

The author then discusses in detail the types of trees used to meet the communities specific needs, in particular the Bordi and Khehri species.

JF - Paper presented at the Summer Institute on Agro-Forestry in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones, 15th June to 14th July, 1981 PB - Central Arid Zone Research Institute CY - Jodhpur, India UR - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10369344 U3 - Summer Institute on Agro-forestry in Arid and Semi-arid Zones U5 - 7 pp. ER -