Land tenure systems: A key to conserve tree diversity in coffee based agroforestry systems of Kodagu, Central Western Ghats

Satish B.N., Kushalappa Cheppudira G., Garcia Claude A.. 2007. Land tenure systems: A key to conserve tree diversity in coffee based agroforestry systems of Kodagu, Central Western Ghats. In : Second International Symposium on Multi-Strata agroforestry systems with perennial crops: Making ecosystem services count for farmers, consumers and the environment, September 17-21, 2007 Turrialba, Costa Rica. Oral and posters presentations. IUFRO, CIRAD, CATIE. Turrialba : CATIE, 9 p. International Symposium on Multi-Strata Agroforestry Systems with Perennial Crops: Making Ecosystem Services Count for Farmers, Consumers and the Environment. 2, Turrialba, Costa Rica, 17 Septembre 2007/21 Septembre 2007.

Résumé : The district Kodagu is located in central part of Western Ghats was densely forested up to mid nineteenth century and has now become one of the major areas of coffee cultivation. The coffee based agroforestry systems of Kodagu are a good example of human managed forests, which contain a very diverse and good stocking of tree species. Hence these farms can be called as coffee forests. The management of vegetation or canopy cover in these coffee based agroforestry systems is mainly dependent on the kind of rights given to the planters. The trees in the coffee based agroforestry systems could be owned by the forest department or plantation owner. Based on these kinds of rights the land tenure systems of Kodagu can be broadly grouped into two major categories, viz, redeemed and unredeemed lands. A coffee based agroforestry system may be both redeemed and unredeemed lands. These complex land tenures determine timber extraction from coffee based agroforestry systems and intern the structure and diversity. Present study indicates that the structure of the canopy cover was well maintained in unredeemed lands compared to redeemed lands. The diversity of tree species was also high in unredeemed lands compared to redeem lands. The structure and diversity of larger land holdings have well maintained compared small land holdings; however there is no much difference between large and small land holdings with respect to structure and diversity of coffee based agroforestry systems.

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
E11 - Économie et politique foncières
E90 - Structure agraire

Auteurs et affiliations

• Satish B.N., UAS (IND)
• Kushalappa Cheppudira G., UAS (IND)
• Garcia Claude A., CIRAD-ES-UPR Ressources forestières (IND) ORCID: 0000-0002-7351-0226

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/540983/)

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