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R. K. Anand ¹, Neelam Khare ², S. V. Dwivedi ¹, M. P. Singh ¹, Rajiv Umrao ²

Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sonbhadra, At: CRS Tissuhi, Marihan, Mirzapur, U.P., IN
2 School of Forestry and Environment, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, IN

Abstract

Sonbhadra is one of the important districts in Uttar Pradesh, where characteristic feature of growing trees in the farm land under traditional agroforestry system is continuing since generations. Present study was done to find out adoption status of predominant agroforestry practice in the district. Total 300 farmers were selected from six blocks of the district by a multistage sampling and semi-structured questionnaire survey was conducted among them. Madhuca latifolia, Butea monosperma and Tectona grandis trees were found highly adopted under agri-silviculture system on farmlands of the study area, wheareas, Emblica officinalis and Psidium guava were given first preference by the respondents for future adoption under agroforestry. Low water requiring crops were generally grown in combination with tree component under different agroforestry systems. Farmer prefer boundary planting and scattered planting pattern to grow tree species in their farmland under agroforestry system. Policy problem, shading effect, lack of market facility, long gestation period of tree and difficulty in cultural operation were expressed as main constraints in growing and further expansion of agroforestry trees on farm land in the district Sonbhadra.

Keywords

Traditional Agroforestry, Species Adoption, Scattered Planting, Constraints.

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Deity Gracia Kharlukhi ¹, Neelam Khare ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agroforestry, School of Forestry and Environment, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), IN

Abstract

In order to study the effects of soil and foliar application of nitrogen on yield attributes of Lentil (Lens culinaris, M.) under Teak based, an experiment was carried out at SHIATS, Allahabad, U.P., India during 2015- 2016 growth season. An experiment based on a Randomized Block Design with three replications was used. Nitrogen treatments included eight levels with Control, traits including plant height, number of pods/ plant, number of seeds/ pod, 1000 seed weight, seed yield and stover yield were measured. Analysis of variance showed that they were statistically significant. Basal application of N (98.5%) + foliar spray 1.5 % N significantly increases the yield parameters.

Keywords

Lentil, Basal Application, Foliar Application, Nitrogen, Urea.

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Vijaya Rawat ¹, S. B. Lal ¹, Neelam Khare ¹, Rajiv Umrao ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), IN

Abstract

The socio-economic status of eight villages with a total of 521 households surveyed during the study, including 2820 members in different groups and community. The average family size was reported to be 5.41 members per family. During the survey of villages, it was found that the adult literacy rate in male was 51.19 per cent as comparison to female literacy rate 48.80 per cent, respectively. In the livestock of the eight villages the various categories of livestock the buffaloes were the maximum 57.82 per cent followed by sheep/goat 26.30 per cent. The average daily fuel wood consumption during summer and winter in different villages varied from 83.41 kg/day/village to 535.40 kg/day/village in summer and 150.70 kg/day/village to 757.05 kg/day/village in winter which are supplemented by existing agroforestry upto considerable extent. The utilization of fodder tree varied from 301.05 kg/day/village to 1009.15 kg/day/village in the summer and 650.50 kg/day/village to 2011.50 kg/day/village in the winter season which is also supplemented by traditional agroforestry trees in a sizeable limit. The land holding size ranged from 0.03 to 5.6 ha per family with 77.9 per cent families under marginal category, 19.05 per cent under small category and -3.04 per cent families comprised of medium- large landholding size.

Keywords

Literacy Rate, Livestock, Fuel Wood, Fodder Tree, Agroforestry, Land Holding Size.

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