BY:- PARSHV PATEL AND JATIN PATEL

2. Submitted to:-
Submitted by:-
Patel Parsva K.
Reg.no:-04-AGRMA-01608-2017
Patel Jatin N.
Reg.no:-04-AGRMA-01603-2017

3. What Is Agro Forestry ?
 Agro forestry is a collective name for land use system in
which woody perennials are grown with herbaceous crops
and or animals on the same land by spatial arrangement
(or) temporal sequence.
(Lundgren and Raintree, 1992)
 The practice of deliberately integrating woody vegetation
(trees or shrubs) with crop and/or animal systems to
benefit from the resulting ecological and economic
interactions

4. Objectives of agro forestry
To utilize the available farm resource properly.
To maximize per unit production of food, fodder,
fuel.
To optimizing-biological and physiological
resources
To maintain the ecological balance
To check soil erosion, conserve soil moisture and
Structural classification of systems

5. Characteristics derived from
the complexity of agroforestry
 It is multi-functional: it addresses more than one
objective
 Diversity of species can increase land productivity
 Diversity of habitats can improve animal welfare
 Diversity of habitats can increase wildlife
 Agroforestry can increase C storage and reduce runoff
and nutrient loss
 Agroforestry can encourage farmers to work together at a
landscape scale
 It requires new skills to administer and manage

6. Types of agro-forestry
1. Silvopasture
2. Alley Cropping
3. Forest Farming
4. Riparian Forest Buffers
5. Windbreaks/Shelterbelts

7. Silvopasture
 Silvopasture is a form of agro forestry that combines trees
with forage and livestock production.
 The trees in a silvopasture system are typically managed
for high value saw logs and, at the same time, provide
shade and shelter for livestock and forage.
 Silvopasture is a particularly popular agroforestry system
in the Southeast, but it is becoming more popular in
other areas across the country where coniferous trees
exist.
 Some nut (e.g. walnut and pecan) and fruit orchards may
also be managed as a silvopasture.
 Silvopasture is successful when the tree, forage, and
livestock components are all compatible.

9. Alley Cropping
 Alley cropping is a type of agroforestry that involves growing
an agricultural crop simultaneously with a long-term tree crop.
 It is broadly defined as widely-spaced rows of trees and/or
shrubs (single or multiple), that create alleyways within which
agricultural crops or horticultural crops are produced.
 Alley cropping is usually done with the specific purpose of
providing annual income while the tree crop matures. Fine
hardwoods, like walnut, oak, and pecan, are favored species in
alley cropping systems and can potentially provide high-value
lumber or veneer logs. Nut crops can be an intermediate
product.
 In addition to cash crops such as corn, squash, and melon,
fruit bearing shrubs such as blueberry and ornamentals can be
grown in the alleyways.

11. Forest Farming
 Forest farming is a specific form of agroforestry that involves
the cultivation of high-value non-timber crops under the
protection of a forest canopy that has been modified to provide
the shade level appropriate for a specific crop.
 Ginseng, shiitake mushrooms, and decorative ferns are all
crops that are typically cultivated under forest cover and are
sold for medicinal, culinary, and ornamental uses.
 Forest farming provides annual income while high-quality
trees are being grown on a longer rotation for wood products.
 Additionally, forest farming can promote biodiversity by
reestablishing previously exploited, naturally occurring plants.
The diversity created with forest farming can also attract a
variety of wildlife species.

13. Windbreaks/Shelterbelts
 Windbreaks are linear plantings of trees and shrubs
designed to enhance crop production and protect people,
livestock, soil, and water.
 There are several types of windbreaks. Field windbreaks
protect a variety of wind-sensitive crops, control wind
erosion, and increase bee pollination and pesticide
effectiveness.
 All properly designed windbreaks provide protection for
wildlife from harsh winds. Over 50 bird species are
known to use windbreaks during the breeding season.

15. Structural classification of
agroforestry in agriculture
 On the basis of the nature of the components the following m the
agroforestry systems:
 Agri-silviculture (trees + crops)
 Boundary plantation (trees on boundary + crops)
 Block plantation (block of trees + block of crops)
 Forage forestry (forage trees + pasture )
 Alley cropping (perennial hedges + crops)
 Agri-horticulture (fruit trees + crops)
 Agri-silvi-honiculture (trees + fruit trees + crops)
 Agri-silvipasture (trees + crops + pasture or animals)
 Silvi-olericulture (trees + vegetables)
 Horti-pasture (fruit trees+pasture or animals)
 Horti-olericulture (fruit trees + vegetables)
 shelterbelts / windbreaks (trees + crops)

16. Advantages of Agro Forestry
 There are lots of benefits of agro forestry which are
valuable for mankind. Some important advantages are
given below
 It increases the productivity and enhances the profit also.
 It also helps in increases the security of the yield.
 It increased the fertility of soil and also helpful in
preventing the soil erosion.
 Source of protection for the animals and plants form
different types of hazards.
 It also help in maintaining the cycle such as nitrogen
cycle, carbon cycle etc.
 Conserve energy

17. Disadvantages of Agro Forestry
Agro forestry has different types of advantages but at
the same time it also has some disadvantages i.e.
This system is very difficult to manage and need
more accuracy.
They yield small amount of cultivated crops as
compared to other.

18. Agro forestry for future
 Agroforestry relation to balancing ground water
fluctuation
 On farm adoptive research in Agroforestry system
 Integrating Agroforestry with Horticulture
 Appropriate feed systems with tree fodder for livestock
develop for different ecological seasons .
 Farmers participation and adoptive research be
increased.
 More thrust be given to agroforstry research on dry land
farming.

19. Thank You..!!!