Kusum (Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken): A potential multipurpose tree species, it's future perspective and the way forward
| Autor: | M.K. Dhakar, B. P. Bhatt, Reshma Shinde, Bikash Das, Animesh Sinha, Pradip Sarkar, VK Yadav, Asit Chakrabarti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Future perspective
Ecology Agroforestry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Schleichera oleosa Ethnobotany 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Production (economics) Household income Business Multipurpose tree Domestication Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Agribusiness |
| Zdroj: | Acta Ecologica Sinica. 42:565-571 |
| ISSN: | 1872-2032 |
| Popis: | The species Schleichera oleosa (Kusum), being rich in nutritional, medicinal and processing qualities can play a very important role in the livelihood security of the rural communities through enhanced household income, employment generation and environmental protection. People of many states of India are becoming increasingly aware about the potential importance of this species in terms of its ethnobotany and lac production in their livelihood security. Value addition of all the components especially seed oil for biodiesel production, lac production and processing of bark for exploiting their nutritional and medicinal properties is a long-term strategy. There is need of increasing the area and plantation of this valuable species and enhancing their processed products. Moreover, to domesticate this species on farmer's field, there is a need to develop good cultivars. Hence, there is an ample scope in developing propagation methods and suitable good cultivars through nursery management programme. Dissemination of improved production technologies, value addition and marketing strategies regarding Kusum trees and its products to the farmers/entrepreneurs/lac based industries is of utmost importance for promoting it as agribusiness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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