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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
of questionnaire were prepared and the respondents were asked to answer. Willingness to pay
(WTP) method was followed for economic valuation. The total economic valuation of all
these services was also calculated.
Results
The results revealed that the provisioning services delivered multiple outputs (timber/wood,
food, fodder, flowers, fruits, fodders, medicinal plants and tree borne oil seeds) and also the
value of provisioning service was Rs. 355103.20. This type of multifunctional agroforestry
possessing diversified outputs (food/fruits) reduces the chances of total crop failure which is
more common in monoculture. Multifunctional agroforestry possessing high tree densities
with a mixture of species can accumulate a significant amount of carbon which is evident
from the current investigation. Significantly higher biomass and carbon stock followed the
order of Neolamarckia cadamba>Melia dubia>Lagerstroemia lanceoalata>Dalbergia
latifolia>Tectona grandis. The total change in soil organic carbon stock over three years
(2018-2021) was 32.05 Mg ha -1 and 11.55 Mg quadrat -1 respectively. The carbon revenue
estimated from carbon sequestration of vegetation and soil was Rs.2812 and Rs.12844.40
respectively. Under supporting services, a total of 37 butterflies species were sighted during
the entire study period belonging to three families viz., Nymphalidae, Pieridae and
Papilionidae indicated the supporting services of multifunctional agroforestry. Observations
on the butterfly diversity provide information about the variations in the species richness and
abundance shaped by the vegetation along the landscape (Öckinger and Smith, 2006) and the
species interactions. Among different indicators of socio-cultural services, education and
scientific knowledge ranked foremost followed by relaxation and walking. The willingness to
pay depicted an average of Rs.33 per visit per respondent. The multiple linear regression
analysis indicated that multifunctional agroforestry is a good fit (R 2 = 0.79) for studying
cultural services.
Conclusion
The study recommends promotion of this multifunctional agroforestry model across different
land-use system in the country to create sustainable income and employment generation
activities particularly in small and marginal land-use system.
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