Bund Based Agroforestry Using Eucalyptus Species: A Review

Abstract

Agroforestry system as an ecologically sustainable land use option alternative to the prevalent subsistence farming patterns for conservation and development. It is an old traditional practice but recently named as an agroforestry. A large hectare is available in the form of boundaries, bunds, wastelands where this system can be adopted. Eucalyptus is a cropland agroforestry tree species planted along with various annual crops like paddy, wheat, and cereals and other cash crops in farmers’ lands either in scattered or in bund. The main purpose of this review to provide/generates an idea about how eucalyptus on bund behaves with associated crops i.e. interaction between both are studied in many aspects comprises outcome of yield, which is depends upon tree spacing, density, type and nature of existing bund plantation, their shading effects on morphology (internodes length, leaf area) and flower initiation/fruit-set of associated crops and their negative impacts on ecosystem includes competition of trees with crops for resources, allelopathic effects, rapid growth of trees occupy space of crops, etc. This review also includes carbon sequestration ability of eucalypt plantation with their growth and price trend behavior.