Agroforestry has a long history worldwide, but it was only in the late 1970s that scientific research on tree-crop interactions in India began. The All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Agroforestry, established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in 1983, provided significant support and momentum for the field. Today, the AICRP on Agroforestry has a nationwide network. Through the efforts of State Agricultural Universities and the AICRP, location-specific agroforestry systems have been recommended for different agro-climatic zones, landholdings, and economic conditions in the region.

Despite extensive research having been conducted, it has not been widely accessible to the scientific community, farming communities, students, and readers. To address this, the authors have compiled information on agroforestry systems and practices in India into a single manuscript. The book is divided into four main sections: i) Agroforestry in India, ii) Agroforestry systems and practices in North, West, and Central India, iii) Agroforestry systems and practices in East, North-East, and Southern India, and iv) Allied topics related to Agroforestry. The first section covers agroforestry experiences, research, and extension efforts over the past 25 years in India. The second section includes 13 topics, while the third covers 14 topics that discuss agroforestry research in relation to the agroclimatic zones of different states in India. The last section contains 8 topics on topics such as the role of agroforestry in soil conservation, women's development, agroforestry management, modeling, rehabilitation of mine spoils, and agroforestry tree species breeding.

I. Agroforestry in India: 1. How can we promote sustainability and development of agricultural lands through agroforestry practices: some experiences from India/Sunil Puri and Pankaj Panwar. 2. Agroforestry research and extension efforts at national level/Pankaj Panwar. II. Agroforestry: systems and practices in North, West and Central India: 3. An overview of agroforestry in Kashmir Valley/A.H. Mughal and M.A. Khan. 4. Agroforestry for sustainable development of agriculture in North Western Himalayas with reference to Jammu region/M. Saleem and L.M. Gupta. 5. Agroforestry systems in Himachal Pradesh/K.S. Verma and D.R. Bhardwaj. 6. Agroforestry in Uttaranchal/Salil Tewari, Rajesh Kaushal and R. Purohit. 7. Promising Agroforestry practices in Punjab/H.S. Saralch, Baljit Singh and S.K. Chauhan. 8. Agroforestry systems and practices in Haryana/D.P.S. Nandal and K.S. Bangarwa. 9. Agroforestry practices and systems in North Gujarat/S.N. Jamini and S.B.S. Tikka. 10. Agroforestry systems in Arid Region (Rajasthan) of India/L.N. Harsh and J.C. Tewari. 11. Status and scope of Agroforestry development in Eastern Part of Uttar Pradesh/B.S. Rana, A.K. Saxena and A.K.S. Parihar. 12. Agroforestry in Eastern Uttar Pradesh/S.B. Lal. 13. Agroforestry systems and practices in Chhattisgarh/Sunil Puri. 14. Agroforestry systems in Madhya Pradesh--potentialities, possibilities and opportunities/S.D. Upadhyaya and Aashutosh Sharma. 15. Agroforestry system in Maharashtra/V.M. Ilorkar. III. Agroforestry: Systems and practices in East North-East and Southern India: 16. Agroforestry systems and practices prevailing in Bihar/O.P. Chaturvedi and D.K. Das. 17. Agroforestry systems and practices in Jharkhand/M.S. Yadava and S.M. Sulaiman Quli. 18. Agroforestry systems and practices in West Bengal/Pankaj Panwar. 19. Agroforestry systems and practices in Orissa/A.K. Mohapatra, N. Bhola and R.K. Patnaik. 20. Agroforestry systems and practices prevailing in Assam/A.A. Ahmed and D.N. Hazarika. 21. Agroforestry systems and practices prevailing in Meghalaya/J.M.S. Tomar, K. Upadhaya, O.P. Tripathi and H.N. Pandey. 22. Agroforestry systems and practices prevailing in Mizoram/U.K. Sahoo. 23. Agroforestry systems and practices prevailing in Arunachal Pradesh, their constraints and potentials/Kamal Kishor Sood, P. Handique and B. Singh. 24. Traditional homegardens in the humid tropics of North-East India/S. Deb, A. Arunachalam, K. Arunachalam and S. Tangjang. 25. Structure and function of homegardens of Andaman and Nicobar, India/C.B. Pandey and R.B. Rai. 26. Agroforestry systems and practices adopted in Andhra Pradesh/B. Sreemannarayana, B. Joseph and L.G. Giri Rao. 27. Agroforestry systems of Karnataka: an overview/B.N. Satish and C.G. Kushalappa. 28. Agroforestry systems and practices of Kerala/B. Mohan Kumar. 29. Agroforestry systems and practices in Tamil Nadu/M. Paramatama, R. Jude Sudhagar and P. Rathakrishnan. IV. Allied topics related to agroforestry: 30. Agroforestry Modelling/Ajit, A.K. Handa and Uma. 31. Potential of medicinal and aromatic plants in Agroforestry systems/L.M. Gupta, M. Saleem, S.K. Gupta and Meenakshi Gupta. 32. Canopy management in Agroforestry -- options and strategies/P.S. Thakur and Anju Thakur. 33. Rural women in Agroforestry in North Western Himalayas/Vidya Thakur. 34. Bamboo based Agroforestry systems in India and their future potential/D.R. Bhardwaj. 35. Potential and strategies of Agroforestry interventions for rehabilitation of minespoil wastelands of Uttaranchal Himalaya/K.S. Dadhwal. 36. Tree breeding status and strategy for Agroforestry species in India/V.K. Gupta, R.V. Kumar and S.P. Ahlawat. 37. Agroforestry for sustainability: soil and water conservation strategy/Satyananda Patra and Calvin Fox.