Agroforestry Systems for Resource Conservation and Livelihood Security in Lower Himalayas

The Shivalik ranges cover a vast area of approximately 2.14 million hectares across the states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Haryana in north-west India. Over-exploitation of resources in the region has led to soil erosion, resulting in the rise of riverbeds and siltation of tanks, reservoirs, and other natural water bodies. Soil erosion rates of more than 80 tonnes per hectare per year have been recorded in some denuded hills. In this region, over 70% of the population depends on agriculture, but only 18% of the cultivated area is irrigated

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