Reclamation of Degraded Land through Agroforestry Introduction in Bangladesh

Abstract

The challenge is now daunting how feed more than six billion people (nearly 16 billion by 2020) even as key resources become scarcer. Almost 25% of the world’s land area is degrading and about two billion people directly depend on degraded areas. In china more than 400 million are affected by land degradation. Particular references show that land degradation is a vital problem in Bangladesh and as a great threat of agricultural productivity. A land use system called Agroforestry is being popular in many countries around the world to protect the land from various level of land degradation. Studies from different dimensions show that agroforestry can check soil erosion to some extent, reduce salinity, alkalinity, acidity, desertification’s and increase soil fertility level. I also improve soil healths which keep land suitable for agricultural production. This passage mainly focuses on the land degradation situation in Bangladesh and potentialities of agroforestry on the basis of various reviews.

Keywords: Agroforestry System, Land Degradation, Deforestation