Productivity and Carbon Storage Potential of different Land Use Systems in Leh Region of Himalayan Cold Desert

摘要

Agroforestry is a sustainable land use system which has the potential to contribute to the improvement of rural livelihood and at the same time helps in fighting against global warming by sequestration of atmospheric carbon. Therefore in the present study, an attempt was made to estimate the total biomass production and carbon storage potential of seven different land use systems viz. agriculture, horticulture, agrisilviculture, agrihortisilviculture, silvipasture, hortisilvipasture and agrihorticulture in Leh region of Himalayan cold desert in the year 2017-2018. The hortisilvipasture land use system recorded maximum total biomass production (30.88 t ha~(-1)) and total carbon stock (15.44 t ha~(-1)) whereas, the minimum total biomass production (8.761 ha~(-1)) and total carbon stock (4.381 ha~(-1)) was in agriculture land use system.