Grewia Qualities and Management Plausible for On-farm Domestication

This book is very important to researchers, students, agriculturalists, herders, herbalists, nutritionists, environmentalists and many others, in that, it gives the qualities and performances of various provenances of Grewia tenax; besides, it highlights some characteristics of a valuable multipurpose tree. The monograph also offers an insight on the use of various irrigation water impounding techniques that can be used in semi arid zones as well as the subsequent impact they pose on fodder, fruit and fuelwood production. Cutting back trees can influence biomass yields, forage productivity and reproductive components of grewia, this volume offers facts about variability of these variables as well as the cutting strategy required to enhance productivity. Integrating food crops and trees in various arrangements usually have a significant impact on gross income, variable and fixed costs. The financial analysis of four farming options were compared, as such the manuscript can help conduct a short-term financial profitability analysis utilizing net income per hectare, net return per labor day, net return per cash input and gross return per cash input as profitability indicators.