Growth of Agro-Forestry in Arid Zone! Agro-forestry implies the integration of farming with forestry practices on the farm to the benefit of agriculture. There is much common between agriculture and forestry which together with animal husbandry form an interrelated, interconnected and interdependent area, because all these are dependent on land. Agro-forestry may be defined as practising agriculture and forestry- together. [...]
Arid zones are not uniform. There are at least four primary groups: 1. Hot, dry global zones bounding both sides of the tropics, as in North Africa and the middle East. 2. Cold, continental dry zones, as in central Asia and central Australia. 3 Cold, upland dry zones, blocked by high mountains, such as in central Anatolia. 4. Cold and [...]
Medicinal plants in hot Indian arid zone enjoy considerable reputation as drugs and are used in different systems of medicine either as the active principle or crude systems of medicine either as the active principle ingredient or crude drug. The resources of the Indian arid zone are very limited. There is a considerable pressure on the land and natural vegetation. [...]