Role of Agroforestry in Carbon Sequestration

Climate change affects earth’s entire environment and is considered as a one of the major global issues. Indian agriculture is highly prone to the risks due to climate change, especially to drought, because 2/3 rd. of the agricultural land in India is rain fed and even the irrigated system is dependent on monsoon. Agroforestry involves deliberate combination of trees crops and livestock in a single land use system. Agroforestry is often considered a cost-effective strategy for climate change mitigation. Thus, existing agroforestry systems have significant contribution in natural resources conservation, increase and stabilize agricultural yields and reduce soil erosion reduction of atmospheric CO2 through carbon sequestration and hence agroforestry is a viable option for mitigation of climate change.