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@article{188039,
        author = {Livleen Kaur Brar and Avinoor Kaur and Ekta Bhalla},
        title = {Agroforestry as a Sustainable Business Model: A Review},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {795-801},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=188039},
        abstract = {Agroforestry is a dynamic, ecologically based, natural resources management system that through the integration of trees on farms and in the agricultural landscape diversifies and sustains production for increased social, economic and environmental benefits for land users at all levels. This innovative approach not only influence biodiversity and soil quality but also offers multiple income sources. As the demand for eco-friendly practices is increasing around the world, agroforestry provide us with beneficial business model that ensures profitability with environmental stewardship. This review paper delves into multiple benefits of agroforestry, emphasizing its contribution to climate change mitigation and economic upliftment of farmers. For farmers and rural residents, agroforestry is the key to success because it creates jobs and income, ensures food and nutritional security, meets other fundamental human requirements sustainably, and protects crops from the harsh effects of adverse climate. This practice not only focuses on farm income but also it works mainly towards the food security of the community. According to the review, growers in the country should be cognizant of the potential and expertise of agroforestry systems, and they should help make the cultivation of these systems feasible for global farmers in terms of both financial and environmental returns and can adopt agroforestry as a business. This review contains the introduction to agroforestry, its scope and future aspects, various business model related to agroforestry and its impact on environment. It has multiple income sources with high returns and low inputs which would help farmer to gain sustainability. Additionally, this review article contains solutions to roots of resistance which will act as catalyst for a greener.},
        keywords = {Agroforestry, Environmental Stewardship, Climate Change Mitigation, Food Security, Sustainability},
        month = {December},
        }