Suheel Ahmad

High Altitude Pasturelands of Kashmir Himalaya: Current Status, Issues and Future Strategies in a Changing Climatic Scenario

Suheel Ahmad, Nazim Hamid Mir, Sheeraz Saleem Bhat & J. P. Singh · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

Background: Climate change mitigation and adaptation has become unavoidable globally and different land use management systems have to be managed accordingly on sustainable basis. In Jammu and Kashmir, livestock sector is emerging as important growth leverage to state economy and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/40695

Dactylis glomerata L. (Cock’s Foot/Orchard Grass): A Potential Temperate Forage Grass for Cultivation in North Western Himalaya

Nazim Hamid Mir, Suheel Ahmad & Sheeraz Saleem Bhat · Advances in Research · 2018

Animal husbandry is the primary occupation of people inhabiting Himalayan regions, but the forage cultivation has remained almost neglected and restricted to the lower Hills. The majority of the fodder (62%) is extracted from forests (tree, shrub, leaves and herbaceous ground flo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/42352

Inventory and Composition of Prevalent Agroforestry Systems of Kashmir Himalaya

Merajudin Dar, K. N. Qaisar, Suheel Ahmad & Akhlaq A. Wani · Advances in Research · 2018

Agroforestry, which is the inclusion of woody perennials in farming systems, has been practiced as traditional land use and livelihood option in Jammu and Kashmir state of India since time immemorial. In the present investigation, Ganderbal district of Kashmir valley was selected...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/39907