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National level e-symposium on “Agroforestry system for augmenting livestock
productivity and empowering resource poor rural farmers”

reported that bio remediation of problem soil carried out by creation of various agro forestry models in farm
lands. All type of agroforestry models created in 410 ha of community & private wastelands in project site
with eemployment generation of 35670 man days (an average 87 man days for one ha). After creation of
Agroforestry model an average revenue of Rs.24000 per ha was generated from sale of fruits, timber wood,
sheep and poultry.

During the first phase, 228 lambs, 300 turkeys and 80 guinea fowls were distributed for integrating with
agro forestry models. The manure voided by these sheep and birds are enriching and reclaiming the problem
soils in the project area. The sheep are adding more than 110 tonnes of manure per annum with 2800 kg of
Nitrogen to reclaim the problem soil every year. From poultry 310 g N, 350 g P and 220 g K are added daily,
in one year, 114 kg of N, 130 kg of P and 80 kg of K is expected to be added to reclaim the problem soil.

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Populus deltoides: its robust status in wheat production and soil nutrients in Indo-gangetic
plains of northern India

Chhavi Sirohi, K.S. Ahlawat, R.S. Dhillon and S.K. Dhanda
Department of Forestry, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, India
E-mail: chhavisirohi22dec@gmail.com

Introduction
Agroforestry systems (AFS) with fast-growing woody crops such as poplar (Populus deltoides) are
increasingly integrated into agricultural land because it is considered as a sustainable agricultural practice
that combines primary production with other ecosystem services (ES). To optimize the efficiency of AFS,
the suggestion is to develop well modified tree-crop integration by limiting competition for resources and
capitalize on the coactions. In the present study effect of Populus deltoides windbreak on yield of intercrop
was evaluated.
Methodology

Wheat varieties (WH-1105, HD-2967 and HD-943) were intercropped with poplar based agroforestry
systems. The intercropped wheat was delimited by a row of deciduous poplar trees in East-West and North-

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National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development