Prof. Kartik Yadav's
co-authored paper titled, 'Creating economic incentives for agroforestry in Assam' has been published in the journal 'Forest Policy and Economics' (ABDC-B category). Aditya Vikram Yadav, Govt. of Assam, India, is his co-author.
The paper focuses on how afforestation can be the most affordable way to mitigate the worst effects of climate change by sequestering carbon and making ecosystems more resilient. The authors have proposed a significant increase in afforestation and carbon sequestration by shifting areas under crop cultivation to mixed variety afforestation. Private land could be diverted from crop cultivation to achieve afforestation targets. The authors have suggested combining two existing Government of India schemes to ensure monthly payments to individual farmers for shifting away a portion of paddy cultivation for seven years in Assam in India. They claim that their calculations show that this model can increase average farm incomes through income transfers during the growth phase, along with net carbon sequestration. Varied maturity periods and uses of timber and non-timber forest produce will sustain farmer incomes beyond the initial support period and allow for increased forest cover and carbon sequestration over large areas in Assam without putting additional pressure on the exchequer.
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