AGRO FORESTRY

Definition

Sustainable land
Same unit of land
Same time
Suit social & cultural characteristics
Local people

Economic and ecological conditions area

Agro forestry
Concept of Agro forestry
Multiple outputs
Use indigenous trees
Low-input conditions -fragile environments
Structurally & functionally more complex

SOCIAL FORESTRY

Definition

Outside the conventional forests

Aim- continuous flow goods and services
Choice of local population
Conceptually -meet - needs - local community
-underprivileged section

Difference Between Social Forestry And

Agro forestry

BENEFITS OF AGROFORESTRY

1) Environmental benefits
i) Reduction of pressure on forest
ii) Recycling of nutrients
iii) Better protection of ecological systems
iv) Reduction of surface run-off, nutrient leaching
v) Improvement of microclimate
vi) Improvement in soil nutrients
vii) Improvement of soil structure

ii) Economic benefits

i) Increment in an outputs
ii) Reduction - total crop failure
iii) Increase -farm income- sustained productivity

iii) Social benefits

i) Living standards
ii) Nutrition and health - diversity food outputs
iii) Stabilization and improvement of communities

CONSTRAINTS IN AGROFORESTRY

CONSTRAINTS IN AGROFORESTRY

Reduction in crop yields interference

Delayed -long gestation period

Increased damage to crops - birds

Increased damage to crops pests

Allelopathy

SILVICULTURAL OPTIONS FOR MINIMIZING THE

NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS
1) Manipulation of Densities and arrangement of Trees

- Increasing the spacing between the trees

- Planting in east West direction

2) Manipulation of Tree crown and roots

- Pruning of tree crown
- Root pruning operation or trenching

3) Choice of Agricultural crops

Example:
Vegetables
Agricultural crops
Grasses

: Ginger, turmeric, potato,

cucurbit
: Oats, maize, soybean,
groundnut
: Cenchrus spp, panicum,

GENERAL MEASURES

Legume trees -small / light crowns

Deep-rooted

Space the trees farther apart

DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGIES FOR

TREE CULTIVATION IN NON FOREST
AREAS

1.Farm Forestry
2.Extension Forestry

Areas devoid of tree growth

Increasing the area under tree growth

i) Mixed forestry
Grass +Fodder Trees+Fruit trees +
Fuel wood
ii) Shelterbelt
iii) Linear Strip plantations
3. Rehabilitation of Degraded forests
4. Recreation Forestry

Raising flowering trees and shrubs

High scenic value

Aesthetic forestry
7.Classi. of AF sys..ppt