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Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda

Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda has been established as a full-fledged State University, having unique honour of being the “First Agricultural University of Bundelkhand Region”. The University was notified vide Government Order No. 301/79-V-1-10-1 (Ka) 27-2009 Lucknow and established on 2nd March 2010 under Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) 1958 Gazette-Adhiniyam 2010. Initially it was named as “Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda”, which was changed as “Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda” vide Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2014, No. 1528(2)/LXXIX-V-1-14-1(Ka)-13-2014 dated 4th December 2014. The University has been established for the development of the agriculture and allied sectors in the Uttar Pradesh on the whole and Bundelkhand region in particular. It is committed to serve the Bundelkhand region with trinity concept, i.e. complete integration of teaching, research and extension for the development of agriculture and allied sectors in order to ensure food security and enhance socio-economic status of inhabitants. State Government of Uttar Pradesh has assigned the University with the responsibilities of (a) human resource generation and development, (b) generation and perfection of technologies, and (c) their dissemination to the farmers, orchardists and dairy farmers in the Chitrakoot Dham and Jhansi divisions. The Chirtrkoot Dham Division consists of four districts, namely Banda, Chitrakoot (Karvi), Mahoba and Hamirpur whereas Jhansi Division consists of Jhansi, Lalitpur and Jalaun (Orai) districts.

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Subject: Silviculture and Agroforestry × Author: Kant, Shiva × End date: 2023 × Type: Thesis ×
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    BIOMASS AND CARBON STOCK ESTIMATION UNDER DIFFERENT LAND USE SYSTEM OF SEMI-ARID REGION OF BUNDELKHAND
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2022-09-22) Kant, Shiva; Kumar, Sanjeev
    The present investigations were carried out in Badokhar Khurd block Banda district Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. The experiment was laid out randomized block design using seven land use systems four soil layers (L) and each different land use system replicated thrice. The seven land use systems were: agriculture (T1), horticulture (T2), natural grassland (T3), horti-pastural (T4), silvi-pastural (T5) agri-silvicultural (T6) and agri-horticultural (T7). The soil sample were collected from four depth of soil layers viz., 0- 10cm (D1), 10-20cm (D2), 20-30cm (D3) and (D4), 30-40cm. The main sample plot size of each land use system was 50x20 m2 except for agriculture and natural grassland field where the sub plot size was 1x1 m2 quadrates. The plant attribute such as above ground biomass, belowground biomass and total biomass were determined while the soil attributes bulk density and organic carbon were also determined and they were used to estimate the plant carbon stock, soil carbon stock and total carbon stock. The results have revealed that different land use system have significant influence on the production of above ground biomass, belowground biomass and total biomass, which affect the carbon stock and CO2 mitigation potential the maximum aboveground biomass carbon stock (8.30 t ha-1 ), belowground biomass carbon stock (2.16 t ha-1 ) and total biomass carbon stock (10.46 t ha1 ) was exhibited by silvi-pasture system. While minimum above ground biomass carbon stock (0.51 t ha-1 ), belowground carbon stock (0.13 t ha-1 ) and total biomass carbon stock (0.65 t ha-1 ) was found in natural grassland. Maximum bulk density was recorded in agriculture crop based land-use (1.45g cm-3 ) followed by Agri-silvicultural system and agri-horticultural system while minimum bulk density was recorded in silvi-pastural system (1.36g cm-3 ). The bulk density increases with increase in depth of soil in all the land-use system. Maximum soil organic carbon was recorded in silvi-pastural system (0.35%) followed by followed by horti-pastural system, agri-horticultural system and agrisilvicultural system while the minimum soil organic carbon was recorded in agriculture crop based land-use system (18%). The soil organic carbon decrease with increase in depth of soil in all land use systems. Maximum soil organic carbon stock was recorded in silvipastural system (4.97 t ha-1 ) followed by horti-pastural system, agrihorticultural system, and agri-silvicultural system while minimum soil organic carbon stock agriculture crop based land-use (2.63 t ha-1 ). As a result, the maximum total carbon stock was recorded silvi-pastural system (29.35 t ha-1 ) followed by horti-pastural system, agri-silvicultural system, agri-horticultural system and agriculture crop based land use while minimum total carbon stock was recorded in natural grassland (11.87 t ha-1 ).