Agroforestry research in India is increasingly being made openly accessible online. The National Research Centre for Agroforestry has developed an Agroforestry Database with information on multipurpose tree species used in agroforestry systems. This includes data on growth, climate requirements, production, and bibliographic references. The World Agroforestry Centre also provides open access to databases and other resources on agroforestry research worldwide. Open access journals on agroforestry and forestry research are also available to allow free sharing of research findings.

1. Open Access:
Agroforestry Research
S K DHYANI
ICAR-National Research Centre for
Agroforestry, Jhansi, UP, India

2. Presentation
OA-Agriculture in India
OA Policy in ICAR
Agroforestry & OA
OA- International scenario

3. Open Access specific resources: Agriculture in India
 http://aims.fao.org/community/agricultural-information-management-standards-
tools-services-advice-aims/blogs/openagri-op#.VDz2O_mUcTM

4. Open Access specific resources: Agriculture in India
 http://agropedialabs.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/

5. Open Access: ICAR-policy
http://icar.org.in/en/node/6609

6. Agroforestry
• In India, AF has been a way of life. It is
practiced in one form or other in different
parts of the country since long.
•Retaining trees on field bunds and/or inside
fields or leaving a chunk of holding under
natural vegetation is common practice.
• Most AFS provide 5 Fs, plant derived
medicines, and timber resources.
• AF area in India estimated to be 14.46 M
ha without fallow & 17.45 M ha with
fallow land as against 25.32 M ha[ Dhyani
et al. 2013].
•>1 billion ha in developing countries, and to
a lesser extent in the industrialized countries
(Nair et al. 2009; Zomer et al. 2009)
•Cross cutting approach - sustainable
livelihoods and climate change mitigation
Source: Bhuvan LULC (2011-12), NRSC, Hyderabad (http://bhuvan-noeda.nrsc.gov.in/theme/thematic/theme.php)

7. Type of Experiments Conducted in AF
 Germplasm Collection and Exploration studies
 Tree Improvement and Propagation Trials
 Transect Analysis
 Tree Crop Interactions
 Soil and nutrient studies
 Tree/Crop Physiology Studies
 Hydrological studies in AF Exp.
 Biofuel Studies
 Value addition through AF
 Designing and development of AF Database
 Use of modern tools & procedures- RS, GIS, GPS
 On Farm Trials

8. Type of Data collected
 Tree Component
 Crop Component
 Propagation Data
 Soil, nutrient, moisture
 Physiology and micro-climate
 Hydrology
 Watershed
 C sequestration potential of AF
 Value addition
 Economic analysis
 Survey Data
 Remote Sensing & GIS, GPS
 Ecosystem services….
Tree & Crop components
Tree Growth Attributes : Height, clean bole height,
dia. at different heights, no. of primary branches,
canopy dia.
Tree Harvesting Attributes : AG and BG biomass
components like bole, stem, leaf, branch, root
biomass and stem volume
Crop Growth and harvesting attributes: Plant
Population/ (m2), Plant height (cm), No. of pods/
plant, No. of branch/ plant, Grain wt./ plant (g),
Straw wt./ plant (g), Grain yield (kg/ha), Straw yield
(kg/ha), Biological yield (kg/ha), Harvest index (%)

9. Online Database Management at NRC Agroforestry
Agroforestry Database
Development Programme
The specific objectives of the
project are
 To enable quick and efficient access
to consolidated pool of information
on agroforestry trees - crop species
that can assume useful production or
service, or both.
 To provide a tool that will assist in
the selection of tree/crop/grass
species for use in agroforestry and
related research using factors that
are relevant to the chosen
agroforestry technologies.
Whereas the mission of the
project,
is to develop Web enabled
Agroforestry Information
System by providing
comprehensive information
on agroforestry in India in a
temporal and spatial
framework.
These databases has been
abbreviated as
“agroforestryBASE”

10. Open Access: Agroforestry Research in India
Agroforestry Database Development Programme (NRCAF-Jhansi) w.e.f. 2004
http://210.212.57.102/net/
(best viewed in browser-INTERNET EXPLORER)
"agroforestryBASE"
 Each part of the "agroforestryBASE" is an independent module
and the components include database management at backend
and application programme at the front-end.
 It includes following databases namely
Database on Agroforestry Research Projects
Database on Economic Analysis of AF Case Study
Database on Agroforestry MPTS
Database on Agroforestry Interventions/Innovations
Bibliographic Databases on Agroforestry MPTS
and
Web Portal on Tree growth modelling in India

12. The Database on MPTS (Multipurpose Tree Species) contains information on
MPTS being invariably utilized in AF with details on growth, climatic requirement,
diseases and pest, production, bibliography etc.

13. Agroforestry Database Development Programme (NRCAF-Jhansi)
http://210.212.57.102/net/mptshome.asp
MPTS-database

14. Open Access: Agroforestry Research in India
Agroforestry Database Development Programme (NRCAF-Jhansi)
http://210.212.57.102/net/transferhome.asp
AF-Intervention-
Innovation-database

16. Open Access: Agroforestry Research in India
Agroforestry Database Development Programme (NRCAF-Jhansi)
http://210.212.57.102/net/economichome.asp
Economic-Analysis database

17. Open Access: Agroforestry Research World-wide
World Agroforestry Centre
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/our_products

18. Open Access: Agroforestry Research World-wide
World Agroforestry Centre
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/our_products/databases

19. Open access
Open access Agroforestry journals include:
 International Journal of Agroforestry and Silviculture
 International Journal of Agroforestry, Remote Sensing and GIS

20. http://internationalscholarsjournals.org/journal/ijasoa

21. http://technical.cloud-journals.com/index.php/IJARSGIS/index

22. Open access
Open access forestry journals include:
 Forests, "an open access journal of forestry and forest ecology," published by MDPI,
based in Switzerland
 International Journal of Forest, Soil and Erosion, Iran
 International Journal of Forestry Research, "a peer-reviewed, open access journal that
publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of forestry
research," published by Hindawi Publishing Corporation, based in New York
 Journal of Forest and Livelihood, "documents and disseminates the insights, lessons and
innovations taking place in socio-cultural, political and economic aspects of
environmental governance and rural livelihoods in Nepal," published by ForestAction
Nepal, inNepal
 Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University (JFFIU) (formerly Review of the
Faculty of Forestry, University of Istanbul), est. 1951, Turkey.
 The Open Forest Science Journal, "publishes research articles, reviews, letters and
guest edited single topic issues in all areas of forest science," published by Bentham
Science Publishers, based in Sharjah, U.A.E.; Oak Park, Illinois, USA; and Bussum, the
Netherlands

23. http://www.sciencemedia.de/biotech/forestry.htm

24. Open Access specific resources:
Forestry/Agroforestry
 http://www.globallometree.org/

25. Open Access specific resources: Forestry/Agroforestry
 http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/254098/icode/

26. Open Access specific resources: Forestry/Agroforestry
 http://www.openforis.org/

27. Technology Database- Agriculture:
A new initiative for
All India Coordinated Research
Projects, ICAR

28. THANKS !