Report Writing on:

STATUS OF AGROFORESTRY IN PAKLIHAWA VICINITY.

Submitted to: Submitted by:

Mr. ManojBasnet Pravin Budhathoki

Assistant professor B.Sc.Ag, 5th Semester
Department ofHorticulture IAAS,Paklihawa Campus
IAAS, Paklihawa Campus Rupandehi
REPORT ON STATUS OF AGROFORESTRY IN PAKLIHAWA VICINITY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Agroforestry is the management and integration of trees, crops and/or livestock on the same
plot of land and can be an integral component of productive agriculture. It may include existing
native forests and forests established by landholders. It is a flexible concept, involving both
small and large-sized land holdings but the people of Paklihawa vicinity are not found to be
utilizing thus concept appropriately

This report gives a summary of the status of agroforestry in the Paklihawa vicinity. The field
study was conducted in September 2018. Prior to the field work, information about the status of
agroforestry from various secondary sources was collected, reviewed and summarized and
together data as collected from the field survey form the basis for this report.

Although some people have general knowledge about the importance of multipurpose
agroforestry trees,they are lacking in one way or another in incorporating the optimum method
of and model of agroforesrty. The basic constraints may be due to the knowledge and gaudiness,
panting materials economical status and size of land holding .

INTRODUCTION
The survey site, Paklihawa vicinity possess high levels of biodiversity. In the recent decades,
lack of regulated agricultural expansion, lack of political stability, uncontrolled harvesting, no
access to extension about agroforestry hinders the adoption of agroforestry technologies in this
locality.

"Agroforestry has been defined as a sustainable land management system which increases the
overall yield of the land, combines the production of crops (including tree crops) and forest
plants and/or animals simultaneously or sequentially, on the same unit of land, and applies
management practices that are compatible with the cultural practices of the local population"

In order to integrate the agroforestry as a primary component of farming system, it should be

implemented in such a way that it is compatible with farmer’s existing farming practices, socio-
economic conditions and should aim at uplifting the agricultural productivity in a sustainable
basis. Information regarding the concept of agroforestry should be expanded over large
populations to sustain the agroforestry practices.
OBJECTIVES

The survey had basically two objectives i.e

Broad objective:

To know the level of knowledge on improved agroforestry of the people living in

Paklihawa vicinity.

Specific objective :
 To identify the level of knowledge on improved agroforestry and to document the
information.
 To disseminate the knowledge of agroforestry.

METHODOLODY

Site Selection
To conduct the field visit, paklihawa located in Siddharthanagar municipality was selected. The
house of Mamata Rai, a 54 year old woman was selected by simple random sampling.

House hold Survey .

Field data collection was done at the respondent house, plot and community level. The house and
plot were observed on diversity of trees species, numbers of tree cover and agroforestry
practices. The observation included the types and shrubs, planting arrangement and location on
landscape, associated crops, indigenous tree species and their main uses.

The questionnaire was prepared and selected for interviewing the people living in this vicinity,
Structured questionnaire were asked to the individual. It included their personal description, their
land holding, farming and agroforestry practices.

Review of the literature:

Previous projects and survey relating to agro forestry in Paklihawa, Rupandehi district,or
geographically similar area was studied and reviewed. Similarly, various journals ,research
,articles were studied
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
From the field visit and questionnaire, it was known that agriculture is the primary source of
income in the locality. Most of the people were illiterate and they had no idea about the concept
of agroforestry even though it has been practiced to some extent. Though they owned huge area
of land, efficient land use farming system was not practiced. Rice, maize, mustard were grown
along with peas. Livestock likes like cattle, buffalos, goats are reared in small scale. Forage
crops such as Para grass, Napier grass, Chari, Bajra were grown as a source of fodder. Small
plots of land was allocated for cultivation of tree crops like sissoo, peepal, bamboo, ipil-ipil,
neem, banana etc. The trees are cultivated in low number as a source of wood and timber rather
than a cash crop.The main impact of deforestation included reduction in crop yield, erratic
rainfall and prolonged dry periods. Discussion also revealed that there was no major natural or
systemic agroforestry system practiced in the locality.

CONCLUSION
Integrating trees in agricultural systems is complex and difficult to implement in various
situations as there is no one model that works in every region. The positive and lasting effect of
agroforestry, the increased stability in food supply through product diversification in agroforestry
has been over shadowed due to low level of income, lack of adequate information on
agroforestry and political instability in recent decades. So, various trainings, workshop and
awareness about agroforestry should be concluded. There should be co-ordination among
stakeholders, government and local people for the adoption and promotion of agroforestry
systems