ABSTRACT
Agroforestry is an alternative land use practice which supports the diversification of crop, conservation of natural resources, efficient functioning of the ecological system and CO2 assimilation in plant and soil ecosystem. Conjoint cultivation of tree and crop makes the land more productive with profitable revenue generation and also increases the green cover for better carbon sequestration. By deliberately integrating trees with the crop production system, agroforestry systems offer a promising avenue for carbon storage. Trees that provide multiple products and services, the proportion of total photosynthesis that is removed from the system is minimized, thereby facilitating storage of more carbon in the agroforestry system as compared to monocropping systems. Carbon sequestration has been suggested as a means to help mitigate the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. Agroforestry systems can better sequester carbon in soil and biomass and help to improve soil conditions. The soil organic carbon and net carbon sequestered were greater in the agroforestry system.
