Maram: Multipurpose Tree Database for Agroecosystem Research and Appropriate Management (CD-ROM)

Maram, signifying ‘trees’ in more than one South Indian language, is a computer aided database product endowed with considerable information on farm tree multiple uses – indeed the first of its kind in an electronic format in the peninsular Indian context. It covers a total of 269 woody species comprising 19 endemics from 544 small, medium and large farms spread over 61 districts in three states, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is a useful and user-friendly product for all stakeholders of agroforestry such as researchers, fieldworkers and the farming community at large, on choice of species, their management and potential uses. The CD-ROM graphically illustrates the morphology, management practices, products and ecological services offered by such trees with the help of over 1500 vivid illustrations.