Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
TP Dahiphale, Dr. JR Kadam and PS Hankare

Abstract:
The study was conducted in Dapoli, Khed and Lanja tahsils of Ratnagiri district of Konkan region. The sample constituted 120 farmers following agroforestry drawn, from twelve villages. The respondents were interviewed with the help of specially designed schedule. Exploratory research design was used for the present study. The data were collected by personal interviews. The analysis of data revealed that majority of the respondents had losses due to wild animals, loss due to forest fire, less production of agriculture crop, high disease and pest incidence, inadequate clinical services at villages for livestock and poultry, long gestation period of trees, non-availability of required type of plants, difficulty in maintaining labours round the year and their high rate, lack of proper guidance at proper time, bad shadow effect on agricultural crops when trees are planted on bunds/ in fields, lack of knowledge about rules and regulations regarding planting and harvesting, lack of technical knowledge regarding agro-forestry, deliberate damage and theft by villagers.