Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Furkan Hamid, MH Wani, SA Wani, SH Baba, K Gautam, Abid Sultan, Insha Hamid, Mansoor Hussain and Masroor Majid

Abstract:
The study was carried on the Resource use Efficiency of Agroforestry systems at District Bandipora and Ganderbal. From each district two Blocks were selected and out of these four blocks fifteen respondents/ households were selected taking the total number up to 240. Four agroforestry systems were prevalent in the study area i,e Horti-agricultural system, Agri-Horti-Silvicultural system, Silvi-pastoral system and Boundary plantation. The study investigate that in case of Horti-agricultural system in district Bandipora all the variables were found underused and in district ganderbal expect unskilled labour which was found overused all other variables were underused. Similarly, in Horti-agri-silvicultural system in both districts viz. Bandipora and Ganderbal, unskilled labour, skilled labour and plant protectors were found underused whereas plant material and manure/fertilizers were found overused. In case of Boundary-Plantation system except unskilled labour all other variables were found underused and in district Ganderbal all the variables were found underused. In case of Silvi-pastoral system both the district of Bandipora and Ganderbal unskilled labour and plant material were found underused whereas manure/fertilizer and skilled labour were found overused respectively.