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Scientific techniques for Melia dubia-based agroforestry systems: an emerging indigenous tree species for wood-based industries in India


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1 ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, 413 115, India, India
2 ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Ela, Old Goa, Goa 403 402, India, India
3 ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santhoshnagar, Hyderabad 500 059, India, India
4 ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, Baramati 413 115, India, India
 

Melia dubia is an indigenous, fast-growing and most favoured tree species, being promoted as an alternative to many exotic industrial tree species in India. It is amenable for pulp, pencil, packaging and plywood production. It has been widely cultivated by farmers in the southern states and to some extent in the central and North Indian states. It is the most promising agroforestry tree species suited for mixed, block and boundary plantations with biomass production of 80–250 t ha–1 from 4 to 8 years of planting. The economic profitability is Rs 24,000–137,500 per acre per year in different parts of the country. Under the scenario of shifting the momentum of farmers towards assured income-generating commodities like agroforestry, M. dubia is proving highly beneficial to them in terms of monetary and other livelihood opportunities.

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Agroforestry System, Indigenous Tree Species, Livelihood Opportunities, Melia dubia, Wood-based Industries
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Authors

S. B. Chavan
ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, 413 115, India, India
A. R. Uthappa
ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Ela, Old Goa, Goa 403 402, India, India
S. B. Sridhar
ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santhoshnagar, Hyderabad 500 059, India, India
Vijaysinha Kakade
ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, Baramati 413 115, India, India

Abstract


Melia dubia is an indigenous, fast-growing and most favoured tree species, being promoted as an alternative to many exotic industrial tree species in India. It is amenable for pulp, pencil, packaging and plywood production. It has been widely cultivated by farmers in the southern states and to some extent in the central and North Indian states. It is the most promising agroforestry tree species suited for mixed, block and boundary plantations with biomass production of 80–250 t ha–1 from 4 to 8 years of planting. The economic profitability is Rs 24,000–137,500 per acre per year in different parts of the country. Under the scenario of shifting the momentum of farmers towards assured income-generating commodities like agroforestry, M. dubia is proving highly beneficial to them in terms of monetary and other livelihood opportunities.

Keywords


Agroforestry System, Indigenous Tree Species, Livelihood Opportunities, Melia dubia, Wood-based Industries

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv122%2Fi12%2F1451-1454