Indian Journal of Agroforestry
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 1

A sustainable livelihood option for farmers’ of semi-arid region: Bamboo + Chickpea based Agroforestry model

  • Author:
  • Inder Dev1,, S.P. Ahlawat2, D.R. Palsaniya3, Asha Ram1, Ram Newaj1, R.K. Tewari1, Ramesh Singh1, K.B. Sridhar1, R.P. Dwivedi1, Madhulika Srivastava1, O.P. Chaturvedi1, R.V. Kumar3, R.S. Yadav4
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 84 to 89

1ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284 003, U.P., India

2ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi-110 012, India

3ICAR-Indian Grassland & Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi-284 003, U.P., India

4ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil & Water Conservation, RC, Datia-475 661, M.P., India

*Corresponding author's Email: drinderdev@gmail.com

Online published on 23 May, 2017.

Abstract

Bamboo plays a significant role in the Indian economy and is providing livelihood support to millions of people. A study was conducted on bamboo + chickpea based agroforestry model at ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) during 2007 to 2012. Bamboo recorded 100% survival (3rd year onwards) and No. of culmsclump−1 varied in the range of 29.07 to 32.15 at harvest stage. Chickpea grown as intercrop recorded seed yield of 1.27 -1.77 t ha−1 against 1.70 to 1.85 t ha−1 in sole cropping. Seed yield was 25.95% (bamboo-10mx10m) and 21.08% (bamboo-12mx10m) lower in comparison to sole chickpea during 3rd year. Distance from the clump also had significant influence on the seed yield (27.6, 18.08 and 11.86% lower at 1,2 and 3m, respectively away from bamboo clump) than the seed yield (1.77 t ha−1) at 4m distance.

Keywords

Bamboo growth, chickpea yields, Dendrocalamus strictus and livelihood options