Enhancing Food Productivity through Intensive Agroforestry Cropping for Sustainable Soil Practices – A Review

Özet

Adoption of sustainable agriculture using agroforestry systems in Bangladesh can limit the problem of declining soil fertility, degradation and food insecurity. Enhancing environmental services through adoption of different agroforestry practices like homestead, orchard, boundary plantation and multistory agroforestry systems will improve the soil health, ecosystem services and increase crop yield. However, the intensive use of chemical fertilizers has contributed to the lost of soil health and reduce the overall crop yield. Practicing agroforestry using organic fertilizers, biofertilizers, with integrated nutrient management will provide a sustainable alternative for over dependence on synthetic fertilizer. Policy interventions are needed to promote balanced fertilizer use, offer incentives for sustainable practices, and strengthen extension services. Moreover, targeted research focusing on nutrient management and the socio-economic benefits of agroforestry can provide a resource efficient farming systems. Adopting agroforestry in Bangladesh using informed regional and global knowledge holds significant potential for achieving long term agricultural sustainability, improved livelihoods, and ecological stability. This review have highlighted some effective ways to ameliorate soil degradation and low crop output by intensive understory cropping systems and different fertilizer used for sustainable agricultural development in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Agroforestry, Intensive cropping, fertilizer types, food production and soil health