Wide range of textbooks on Agroforestry are available but most of them has not witnessed the recent advances made in Agroforestry which necessitated an advanced book in Agroforestry incorporating basic to the recent advances. Under such circumstances, the current book entitled Agroforestry- Principles, Practices, and Applications has been conceived and presented with 21 chapters. Table of Contents.. 1 Agriculture and Agro Biodiversity 1.1. Definitions 1.2. Farming practices 1.3. Cropping patterns in India 1.4. Salient features of Indian Agriculture 1.5. Land use system in India 1.6. Land Capability Classification (LCC) 1.7. Agro biodiversity 1.8. Green revolution 1.9. Objective questions 1.10. Short notes 2 Agroforestry: Basic Concepts 2.1. Definitions 2.2. History of agroforestry in India 2.3. Development and status of agroforestry in India 2.4. Major Agroforestry technologies 2.5. Prominent agroforestry systems in different agro-climatic region 2.6. Agroforestry research in India 2.7. Area under agroforestry in India 2.8. Benefits of agroforestry 2.9. Constraints in Agroforestry 2.10. Criteria for selection of tree species in agroforestry 2.11. Objective questions 2.12. Short notes 3 Global and National Agroforestry Practices 3.1. Agroforestry systems of Europe 3.2. Agroforestry systems of Africa 3.3. Agroforestry practices in Australia 3.4. Agroforestry practices of North and South America 3.5. Agroforestry practices in Asia 3.6. Agroforestry practices in India 3.7. Objective questions 3.8. Short notes 4 Agroforestry Classifications 4.1. Most accepted agroforestry classification (Adapted from Nair, 1985) 4.2. Structural Classification 4.3. Functional classification 4.4. Socio – economic classification 4.5. Ecological classification 4.6. Objective questions 4.7. Short notes 5 Multifunctional Agroforestry System 5.1. Definition 5.2. Design of Multifunctional Agroforestry 5.3. Benefits of Multifunctional Agroforestry 5.4. Way forward 5.5. Objective questions 5.6. Short notes 6 Temperate Agroforestry 6.1. Characteristics features of Himalayan Region 6.2. Agroforestry system in Western Himalayas 6.3. Special type of Agroforestry 6.4. Agroforestry in Eastern Himalayas 6.5. Other models 6.6. Three tier land use system 6.7. Objective questions 6.8. Short notes 7 Tree: Crop Interactions 7.1. Definition 7.2. Factors facilitating tree crop interaction 7.3. Types of interaction 7.4. Objective questions 7.5. Short notes 8 Allelopathy in Agroforestry 8.1. Definitions 8.2. Sources of Allelochemicals 8.3. Classes of allelochemicals 8.4. Allelochemicals Release Process 8.5. Mechanism of action of allelochemicals 8.6. Impacts of allelopathy in agroforestry 8.7. Factors influencing allelopathy 8.8. Objective questions 8.9. Write short notes 9 Nutrient Cycling in Agroforestry 9.1. Sources of nutrients 9.2. Nutrient losses 9.3. Various forms and types of Nutrient Cycle 9.4. Agroforestry in Nutrient Cycling 9.5. Objective questions 9.6. Short notes 10 Nitrogen Fixing Trees (NFTs) 10.1. Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) 10.2. Nitrogen Fixing Trees (NFTs) 10.3. Nodulation process 10.4. Actinorhizal plants 10.5. Benefits of NFTs 10.6. Introduction of Nitrogen Fixing Trees (NFTs) in agroforestry system 10.7. Objective questions 10.8. Short notes 11 Multipurpose Tree Species (MPTs) 11.1. Definition 11.2. Different forms of Multipurpose tree species 11.3. Need for incorporation of multipurpose trees in Agroforestry 11.4. Characteristics of multipurpose tree species (MPTS) 11.5. Choice of species 11.6. Other factors that determine choice of species 11.7. Uses of Multipurpose trees (MPTs) 11.8. Management of Multipurpose Tree Species (MPTs) 11.9. Objective questions 11.10. Short notes 12 Root Management in Agroforestry 12.1. Definition 12.2. Basics of roots 12.3. Types of roots 12.4. Functions of roots 12.5. Root Rhizosphere 12.6. Root distribution 12.7. Root system development 12.8. Criteria for selection of tree roots in Agroforestry 12.9. Tree root management strategies 12.10. Objective questions 12.11. Short notes 13 Industrial Agroforestry 13.1. Definition 13.2. Scope and potential 13.3. Major Wood based Industries (WBI) 13.4. Contract farming 13.5. Contract farming in agroforestry 13.6. Role of stakeholders 13.7. Advantages contract farming 13.8. Disadvantages of contract farming 13.9. Objective questions 13.10. Short notes 14 Agroforestry and Climate Change 14.1. Some definitions 14.2. Causes of climate change 14.3. Effects of climate change 14.4. Key impacts of Global Warming: Climate Change 14.5. Global warming 14.6. Sources of Greenhouse gases (GHGS) 14.7. Carbon sequestration 14.8. Objective questions 14.9. Short notes 15 Agroforestry for Wasteland Development 15.1. Wastelands 15.2. Causes for formation of wastelands 15.3. Impacts of land degradation 15.4. Classification of wastelands 15.5. Extent of Wastelands 15.6. Category wise extend of Wastelands 15.7. Strategies for development of wastelands 15.8. Reclamation strategies for development of wastelands 15.9. Objective questions 15.10. Short notes 16 Ecosystem Services and Agroforestry 16.1. Ecosystem services 16.2. Types of Ecosystem services 16.3. Ecosystem services of Agroforestry 16.4. Objective questions 16.5. Short notes 17 Innovations in Agroforestry 17.1. Technological innovations 17.2. Organizational innovations 17.3. Marketing innovations 17.4. Tree insurance scheme 17.5. Consortium of Industrial agroforestry (CIAF) 17.6. Agroforestry Business Incubator (ABI) 17.7. Objective questions 17.8. Short notes 18 Diagnosis and Design (D&D) in Agroforestry 18.1. Diagnosis and Design (D&D) 18.2. Stages of D&D 18.3. Features of D&D 18.4. Methods of D&D 18.5. Criteria for good agroforestry design 18.6. Objective questions 18.7. Short notes 19 Economic Analysis of Agroforestry 19.1. Investment criteria are classified in to following categories 19.2. Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method 19.3. Undiscounted cash flow criteria 19.4. Short notes 20 Organizations involved in Agroforestry Research and Development 20.1. International organizations 20.2. National organizations 20.3. Objective questions 20.4. Abbreviate the following 21 Policy Issues in Agroforestry 21.1. Agroforestry potential and opportunities 21.2. National Agroforestry policy (NAP) 21.3. Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) 21.4. Agroforestry in Agricultural Policies 21.5. Timber transit rules in India 21.6. Recent developments 21.7. Objective questions 21.8. Short notes References Annexure I Abbreviations