ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES IN RURAL AREAS OF BALOD DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH
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2020
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Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur
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The present study on “Analysis of Traditional Agroforestry Practices in Rural Areas of Balod district of Chhattisgarh” was carried out during 2018-2019 with objectives to find out the socio-economic contribution and characterize the woody vegetation of traditional agroforestry practices and to identify the opportunities and challenges for promoting scientific agroforestry. A survey was conducted in five randomly selected villages each in forest dominated block of Dondi and non forested block of Dondi Lohara using multistage and probability proportion to size sampling approach. The data was collected with the help of relevant questionnaire developed for the purpose. Results revealed that the two blocks were tribal dominated blocks.
Agriculture was the major occupation and source of Income and livelihood which contributed 70-97% of total income in Dondi Lohara and 65 to 72% income in Dondi blocks. Total income ranged from Rs 80,000 to Rs 250000. The agroforestry practices were subsistence in nature, along with NTFPs collection contributed to additional farm income, which was less than five percent of annual income.
The survey also identified four major types of traditional agroforestry systems viz. Agrisilviculture, Homesteads, Agri-horti-silvipasture and silvipasture were practiced. In Dondi block, the tree density ranged from 5 to 79 trees ha-1 and Dondi Lohara from 4 to 39 trees ha-1, whereas the basal area ranged from 0.1 to 2.91 m2 ha-1and 0.48 to 0.81 m2 ha-1. In Dondi Block the Shannon index, Simpsin index, Species richness, Equitability and Beta diversity varied between 0.47 -2.03, 0.12-0.133, 6.24-12.8, 0.21-0.77, 1.6-2.91, respectively. In contrary, these varied between 0.46 -0.64, 0.11-0.31, 3.24-10.8, 0.01-0.02, 1.1-2.21, respectively in Dondi Lohara Block.
Small farmers in both blocks were highly interested (50-60%) in practice of fruit trees on homesteads followed by Agri-horti-silviculture systems (25-42%). Medium size farmers showed almost equal desire to adopt Homestead and Agri-hortisilviculture system but least preference to grow Silvipasture. The large size farmers were interested in adoption of all agroforestry systems in almost equal proportions. The small and medium size farmers perceived firewood as major anticipated benefit (Rank I), while timber by large size farmers in scientific agroforestry.
In both blocks, the highest interest for adoption is shown for Acacia nilotica (43.35%) and Diospyros melanoxylon (32.34%) and Terminalia arjuna under agri-silviculture system of agroforestry. Horticultural tree species Psidium guajava, Mangifera indica, and Ziziphus mauritiana were the mostly adopted under agrihorticulture and agri-horti-silviculture system along with Babul, Mahua and Arjun. The small size of land holding, policy problem, skill and awareness, marketability, grazing etc were considered as major constraints in Agroforestry. The study explores the opportunities and address challenges in large scale adoption of scientific agroforestry in Balod district.
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ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES IN RURAL AREAS OF BALOD DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH
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