1. SCOPE AND POTENTIAL OF AGROFORESTRYSCOPE AND POTENTIAL OF AGROFORESTRY
SYSTEMS FOR UPLIFTMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMICSYSTEMS FOR UPLIFTMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC
STATUS OF RURAL FARMER IN CHHATTISGARHSTATUS OF RURAL FARMER IN CHHATTISGARH

2. Agroforestry :Agroforestry : “Agro forestry system is land
management practice to cultivate woody perennial and
agricultural crops on same piece of land in temporal and
spatial arrangement with sustainable production of crops,
ecological and socio-economic conditions”
Models of AFS
•Agri-sivliculture (trees + crops)
• Silvi-pastoral system (trees + pasture and/or animals)
• Agri-silvi-pastoral system (trees + crops + pasture/animals)
• Horti-silviculture system (fruit crops + trees)
• Multipurpose forest tree production (silviculture)

3. Land use pattern of Chhattisgarh
• Chhattisgarh is a tribal dominating state of India with
135,190 km2
geographical area having 46% forest cover.
• It has three agro climatic zones viz; Central Chhattisgarh
plains, Northern hills and Baster plateau.
• Soil type :
1. Entisols (red laterite) and
2. Inceptisols
• It largely comes under the rainfed
farming system, which is practiced
on more than 80% area.
• Rice is the principal crop of the
region.

4. Land use area in ha Percentage
Total geographical area 13,519
Reporting area for land utilization 13,790 100.00
Forest 6,349 46.04
Non available for land cultivation 1004 7.28
Permanent pastures and other
grazing land
855 6.20
Land under misc. tree crops and
groves
1 0.01
Culturable wasteland 347 2.52
Fallow land 258 1.87
Current fallow 265 1.92
Net area sown 4,710 34.16
Source: Land Use Statistics, ministry of agriculture, GOI, 2008-09

5. Tree species suitable for Chhattisgarh
•Trees most commonly found in fields are Acacia nilotica,
Butea monosperma, Terminalia arjuna, neem, Karanj etc.
•Fruit trees like Carica papaya, Citrus spp, Mangifera
indica, Psidium guajava are very common and popular in
Chhattisgarh.
•MPTS in the region include Terminalia arjuna, T.
tomentosa, Albizia procera, Mangifera indica, Butea
monosperma, Zizyphus mauritiana and Gmelina arborea
grown on paddy field bunds.
•Bamboo which was another highly preferred species
could be encouraged for planting on field bunds, farm
boundaries and in homesteads.

6. The prevalent agroforestry models / practices are:
 Acacia nilotica - paddy model
• Most popular and widely accepted,
• The economics of this model, worked out by Jena (1991), shows
a net additional return of Rs. 5800/ha/yr during the 12-year
rotation of the tree in the paddy field at a reciprocal loss of only
6000 kg/ha in terms of paddy yield.
 Butea monosperma - paddy model
• Second most popular system.
• Nearly 48% of the farmers maintained them.
 MPTS like Albizia procera, Terminalia arjuna and Gmelina
arborea on field bunds as windbreaks or live hedges on
boundaries.
 Zizyphus mauritiana-based homestead gardens.

7. Economic analysis of selected agroforestry systems
prevalent in Chhattisgarh
Tree-Crops Combination (AF model): Agri-horticulture
Tree : Emblica officinalis (Aonla)
Crop 1 : Groundnut
Crop 2 : Gram (Rabi)
Input/output analysis:
Source : Planning commission, Govt. of India 2001. Report of the task force on
growing India for livelihood security and sustainable development, 231p.
Total expence (tree+crops) per ha 86,494 Rs.
Total benefits per ha 93,903 Rs.
Net Benefit per ha. 7,410 Rs.
B:C ratio 1.09

8. Year Expenses per Ha (Rs.) Brenefits per Ha (Rs.) Net
Benefit
per Ha.Tree Crop
1
Crop
2
Total
(Rs.)
Tree Crop
1
Crop 2 Total
(Rs.)
1 12000 5000 5500 22500 0 6400 7000 13400 -9100
2 8000 5000 5500 18500 0 6400 7000 13400 -5100
3 8000 5000 5500 18500 0 6400 7000 13400 -5100
4 8000 5000 5500 18500 12800 6400 7000 26200 7700
5 8000 5000 5500 18500 16000 6400 7000 29400 10900
6 8000 5000 5500 18500 19200 6400 7000 32600 14100
7 8000 5000 5500 18500 16000 6400 7000 29400 10900
8 8000 5000 5500 18500 12800 6400 7000 26200 7700
Net Present Value @ 15%
DF
86,494 93,903 7,410

9. Conclusion:
•“Agroforestry” is the new name for an ancient land
use practices and just a compromised between
agriculture and forestry.
• They make clean environment with full utilization of
soil resources help in generation of employment and
income of the people.
• Farmers are used generally N2-fixing trees of
leguminosae family comprises Acacia spp., dalbergia
sissoo etc on their farmland for enhancement of their
crop production.