ABSTRACT
Variability in climate happens to be the primary concern of the entire world as it is hampering the integrity of the whole earth ecosystem. Human civilization is mostly dependent upon food, fodder, and fuelwood. The development and progress of human civilization lie with the sustainability of the environment. Climate change imposes negative consequences in terms of food insecurity, less agricultural productivity, depletion of natural resources, spread of pests, and diseases upon human civilization. In the agricultural sector, the impact is much more severe due to imbalances in the natural processes due to variability in climate. The present situation of 2perturbation in the climatic elements agroforestry appears as one potential practice under sustainable agriculture system to boost up agricultural productivity as well as a strategy for combating climate change. Such land-use practices promote elevated carbon (C) sink. Under these circumstances, agroforestry seems to have very high potential to combat climate change, but successful implementation of agroforestry does require some issues. Among them, development of suitable marketing mechanism, production of high-quality planting material, to become self-sufficient in terms of transportation and harvesting of agroforestry produce, ownership of lands on a long-term basis, the small holding of land area are the key issues. Farmers need to be trained with extension activities, and awareness generation regarding long-term benefits of agroforestry should be inculcated in them. The major strategies throughout the country are to develop a uniform agroforestry policy having relaxations in the existing rules and regulations needs to be formulated, and the various agroforestry schemes under varied agro-ecological conditions should be implemented by framing some government bodies which also promotes research and development (R&D) activities in agroforestry. As India is a nation with diverse conditions, therefore, screening of suitable species along with specific agroforestry model should be done on the basis of local needs and desire. Agroforestry is basically climate-resilient agricultural practices that provide benefits in socio-economic and environmental dimension to rural people and therefore can be recommended as the most suitable strategy to work on under extreme climatic events.
