Coastal agroecosystem is unique and integration of components in this landscape has additional advantge of aquaculture but is their sufficient resaerch information aviable on coastal agroforestry? How cosatal agroforestry can change coastal lanscape from salt panes and waterlogged areas to productive agroecosystem with aquaforestry and other measures.
May these links be useful:
http://www.springer.com/la/book/9788132226574
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295859096_Agroforestry_for_the_Management_of_Waterlogged_Saline_Soils_and_Poor-quality_Waters
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294716023_Agroforestry_for_the_Management_of_Waterlogged_Saline_Soils_and_Poor-quality_Waters_Advances_in_Agroforestry_13
About 35 % of Indians live within 100 km of the Indian coastline measuring 7517 km consisting of parts of the mainland India, Andaman-Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands. The coastal and island ecosystems have a vide variability in climate and topographical and edaphic conditions. These support diverse cultivated crops as well as natural vegetation ranging from tropical rainforests to coastal mangroves. The area is environmentally disadvantaged both on anthropogenic activities and weather adversities. Paddy is the predominant crop except the plantation trees mainly in homesteads. The soil salinity and waterlogging problems arise with intrusion of seawater, and these are expected to become severe with rise in sea level due to global warming. However, these ecosystems offer immense scopes and opportunities of increasing productivity through integration of agroforestry with livestock and aquaculture particularly in mangrove areas. These systems should further improve the livelihood security of the coastal population.
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