Fires in Agroforests - A Case Study of Poplar Based Agroforestry
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2017/v143i8/118975Keywords:
Agroforests, Fire, Causes, Damage, Control measures, PBAF.Abstract
Agroforests are the major source of wood production in India and also suffer damage from fires like forests. There are numerous causes of fire viz., burning of agriculture waste and left over tree parts inside and around agroforests, spread of fire from burning of agricultural residues from the adjoining fields, accidental fires due to spark in transmission lines and machinery operated on farm land, mischief by others etc. The paper presents a case study of poplar based agroforestry (PBAF) which is extensively practiced in the Indo-Gangetic plains of northwestern states. Poplar is highly sensitive to fires and it is affected even formdistant fire flames. The damage varies from a little check on growth of trees/saplings to complete mortality of trees and damage to agriculture crops. Fires damage to PBAF could be controlled by safe disposal of agriculture residue from within and around agroforests, creating a deep ploughed fire line between agroforests and adjoining fields where agriculture residue is put on fire, counter firing from the side of agroforests, ploughing crop a little away from the fire to save the rest of the agroforests, hiring fire tenders and beating the fire with green foliage.References
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