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Carbon Storage Potential of a Waterlogged Agroforestry System of Tripura, India

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The present study reports the potential of carbon (C) storage in traditional agroforestry systems (i.e., a set of age-old agroforestry systems) under waterlogged environmental conditions from north-eastern India. An experiment was conducted in a farmer’s field and further used CO2FIX model, allometric equations, and destructive sampling methods to know the potential of C sequestration. In this study area, agroforestry system is dominated by woody perennials like Areca catechu, Cocos nucifera, Mangifera indica, Artocarpus heterophyllus, Melocanna baccifera, and Colocasia esculenta as annual crop component. Need-based management of the drainage system has been built-up by making broad/narrow bunds for maintaining water levels at different stages of plant growth. The total annual carbon storage potential of this traditional agroforestry system was estimated as 103.760±8.630 t ha−1year−1. The highest annual carbon storage potential (97.900±8.090 t ha−1year−1) was recorded in annual crop components (i.e., Colocasia) followed by trees and its underlaid soil (4.250±0.340 t ha−1year−1) and lowest for bamboos (1.610± 0. 200 t ha−1 year−1). However, the estimated carbon stored, annually, was 24.992±1.502 t ha−1 year−1 in which Colocasia share maximum contribution (19.600±1.080 t ha−1 year−1) followed by trees + soil (3.798±0.229 t ha−1 year−1) and the minimum contribution from bamboos (1.594±0.193 t ha−1 year−1). Moreover, total carbon loss from harvesting of this system was 78.768±7.128 t ha−1 year−1. The study, therefore, recommends this agroforestry system for other waterlogged ecosystems at regional and/or global scale under a warm per-humid climate for both livelihood opportunities and environmental sustainability.

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The authors are highly thankful to the farmers Mr. Amulya Chandra Sharma and his family who helped us in conducting the experiments shared the field experience and also helped in taking all sorts of data. Their constant help and support had made us able to estimate the carbon storage potential of the system as a whole they practice. Last but not least, the authors are highly thankful to Mr. Pintu Sarkar who helped us in experimental and data collection.

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  3. School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China

    Amit Kumar

  4. Faculty of Forestry, SKUAST-Kashmir, Shalimar, Benhama, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Nazir A. Pala

  5. Department of Forestry & Natural Resources, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India

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Sarkar, P.K., Sarkar, P., Kumar, A. et al. Carbon Storage Potential of a Waterlogged Agroforestry System of Tripura, India. Water Air Soil Pollut 232, 151 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-05098-z

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