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Role of Agroforestry in Poverty Alleviation and Livelihood Support in Chhattisgarh


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1 Department of Forestry, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur- 492012 (C.G.), India
 

Agroforestry is a science of integrated farming system that is trees, crops and animals on the same land unit. This system has a tendency to provide maximum production as they are able to tap solar radiation and soil more efficiently. The recent agroforestry system involves land use pattern in such a way so as to obtain maximum production of food, fuel, fodder and other products and provide greater financial return. This article briefly reviews about the concept of agroforestry, its arrangements, preferable species, crop combinations and cultivation practices by the Chhattisgarh farmers, and agroforestry potentials to uplift economics rural area of Chhattisgarh. This is an attempt to compile and document information on different aspect of agroforestry to minimize poverty and to meet the other basic requirements by rural people.

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Agroforestry, Farming System, Fuel, Fodder, Poverty.
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Authors

Abhishek Raj
Department of Forestry, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur- 492012 (C.G.), India
Subhadra Chandrawanshi
Department of Forestry, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur- 492012 (C.G.), India

Abstract


Agroforestry is a science of integrated farming system that is trees, crops and animals on the same land unit. This system has a tendency to provide maximum production as they are able to tap solar radiation and soil more efficiently. The recent agroforestry system involves land use pattern in such a way so as to obtain maximum production of food, fuel, fodder and other products and provide greater financial return. This article briefly reviews about the concept of agroforestry, its arrangements, preferable species, crop combinations and cultivation practices by the Chhattisgarh farmers, and agroforestry potentials to uplift economics rural area of Chhattisgarh. This is an attempt to compile and document information on different aspect of agroforestry to minimize poverty and to meet the other basic requirements by rural people.

Keywords


Agroforestry, Farming System, Fuel, Fodder, Poverty.

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