Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
DK Singh, Mangesh Sakre, Neelu Vishwakarma, Akshata Tomar and SB Agrawal

Abstract:
Agro-forestry can improve the resilience of agricultural production to current climate variability as well as long-term climate change through the use of trees for intensification, diversification and buffering of farming systems. Agri-silviculture is the intercropping of timber and fuel wood species or fruit or other useful trees with vegetables and other crops in a common space. The implementation of the agro-forestry farming approach should be accompanied by organizing farmers into cooperatives in order to improve their capacity to negotiate better prices for their goods and avoid paying a percentage of their profits to intermediaries. However, the growers and practicing farmers of the area not adopting the recommended practice of Agri- silviculture as they have some constraints and problems. Jabalpur district which comprises 7 blocks. These blocks were selected purposively due to maximum number of respondents are under Clonal Eucalyptus based intercropping agro-forestry model (Agri-silviculture growers) and sole Pigeon pea growers. Out of which 3 blocks of Jabalpur district, in which 7 villages were selected purposively. On the basis of maximum number of respondents are adopted Clonal Eucalyptus based intercropping agro-forestry model (Agri-silviculture growers) and sole Pigeon pea growers. Finally the 70 respondents have been selected for the present study. The major problems reported were different categories of respondents (marginal, small, medium and large farmers) like lack of area, lack of money, lack of awareness, lack of security & market facilities, low risk bearing capacity, low level of knowledge, to grow shade loving crops, small shady effect, low management, slow decomposition rate of leaf, not grow high water & fertilizer consuming crop.