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The present work was conducted in the forest-based ecosystem of Chhattisgarh in order to assess the varietal performance of coffee varieties along with silver oak in terms of growth, biomass, and carbon dynamics. Five coffee varieties were planted in silver oak shade in a randomized block design with four replications. The aim of the present investigation is to assess the economic and ecological feasibility of forest-based coffee plantations in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. Findings reflect the maximum under-storied plant height in Chandragiri Dwarf (1.85 m) which was at par with CxR (1.82 m) and San Ramon (1.71 m). The maximum above and below-ground carbon stock (48.40 and 12.09 Mg ha−1, respectively), as well as carbon dioxide (CO2) mitigation (177.63 and 44.41 Mg ha−1, respectively) from the under-storied coffee plantation, was recorded in CxR. In the upper-storied plantation, the above and below-ground biomass of silver oak recorded the maximum carbon stock (201.24 and 50.31 Mg ha−1, respectively) and CO2 mitigation (738.54 and 184.63 Mg ha−1) in S-8 intercropped lines. The highest value of carbon credit was recorded under the coffee variety S-8 and silver oak agroecosystem. The S-8, CxR, and Chandragiri Dwarf varieties performed quite well in terms of the expected value of carbon credit.
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The authors are thankful to the district administration of Bastar, College of Horticulture and Research Station, Jagdalpur, IGKV, Raipur (C.G.), India for granting permission and necessary support.
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Krishan Pal Singh: Conceptualization, design, data collection, formal analysis and methodology, and validation. Beena Singh: Conceptualization, design, data collection, formal analysis and methodology, and validation. Sanjay Kumar Patil: Funding acquisition, review. Chhatra Pal Rahangdale: Formal analysis, methodology. Arnab Banerjee: Statistical analysis, writing. Rajshree Shukla: Formal analysis, drafting. Khemraj Sahu: Formal analysis, drafting. Manoj Kumar Jhariya: drafting MS, methodology, review & editing. All authors discussed, contributed, and approved the final version.
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Highlights
• Assessing five coffee varieties under a silver oak-based multitier cropping model.
• CxR recorded the maximum understory biomass, carbon, and CO2 mitigation.
• Silver oak reflects higher biomass, carbon, and CO2 mitigation intercropped with S-8.
• Coffee-based multitier cropping helps towards maximum utilization of resources.
• Higher C credit was recorded for S-8 and silver oak agroecosystem (₹ 60,560.59 ha−1).
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Singh, K.P., Singh, B., Patil, S.K. et al. Biomass, carbon stock, CO2 mitigation and carbon credits of coffee-based multitier cropping model in Central India. Environ Monit Assess 195, 1250 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11892-5
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