KELADI SHIVAPPA NAYAKA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL AND

HORTICULTURAL SCIENCES
SHIVAMOGGA
COLLEGE OF FORESTRY PONNAMPET-561217

SURVEY OF AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS IN

PERIYAPATNA TALUK OF MYSURU DISTRICT
Guide:- Dr. Maheswarappa V

Presented by :-BHARAMAPPA S S (BF3TBZ006)

DHEERAJ S HIREMATH (BF3TBZ013)
 Introduction :-
 Agroforestry system :-Agroforestry is a land use management system
in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pasture
land.
 In Agroforestry System different components exist in different
proportions and Orientation. It is difficult to decide just which
Agroforestry practice is best suited for a given land use situation. At the
same time which technology exert a priority call on scarce research
resources.
 Classification of agroforestry systems
Agroforestry
system

Agroecological
Structure / Functional
/ geographical
Components categories
distribution

Nature of Arrangement Productive Protective Tropical &

components of components function function subtropical
Humid tropics
Highlands
Agrisilvicultura Food, Fodder, Subhumid tropics
l Silvopastoral Spatial Temporal Fuel wood, Wind breaks, Semiarid / arid
Agrosilvopastor Others Shelter belts, Soil
al others conservation, Soil
restoration, Shade
Mixed Sequential
Strip Simaltaneous
Boundary Overlapping
 Objectives of Agroforestry

To assess the contribution of existing agroforestry practices in the

livelihood of community and local people

To explore the potential agroforestry practices in the community and

local people.

To document indigenous knowledge, skill, and technology on forest

resource management by ethnic communities of the area.

To analyze the diversity of agroforestry in the farmers land.

 Materials and Methods

Reconnsiance survey in Piriyapatna taluk

Questionaree

Survey

Based on the results types of Agroforestry systems, Species composition

and Family pattern, No.of individuals in Agroforestry systems

Shanon index and simpson index calculated

 Study area
• Location : Piriyapatna
• Places: Bettadapura hobli
Piriyapatna taluk

Plate 1 Agroforestry systems in Bettadapura hobli, Piriyapatna taluk

 Results
• After the survey we found most the family are nuclear family (71%) and (29%)
were in joint family (fig1.). It was found that land holding gradually decreases due
to dividing the family. Similarly the agroforestry practice also differs

Family pattern

29% NUCLEAR
JOINT FAMILIY

71%

Figure 1 Family pattern

 Agroforestry systems found in our survey
• Boundary plantation (40%) was dominant in the surveyed area followed by home
garden (30%) and mixed plantation (20%).
• The least agroforestry practice of coffee based agroforestry was recorded in the
study area (10%).
• These indicated that farmers of the region are more oriented towards boundary
plantation (Fig2).

10%
Boundary planta-
20% 40% tion
Home garden
Mixed plantation
30% Coffee based

Figure 2 Agroforestry systems

 Relative abundance of the species
We can observe from the Fig. 3 that the Grevillea robusta is highly abundant in the survey area while
Red sander and medicinal plants were less abundant.
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Species

Figure 3 Abundance of the species

 Species preferred by farmers
 Based on the survey the species preferred by most of the framers is Grevillia robusta
 The least preferred is vegetable crops (F5) and Melia dubia (F7)
 Farmer 1,4 and 6 all preferred is Grevillia robusta.
 Farmer 2 and 3 preferred Coffee

Total number of Total number of individuals

Species
individuals
180
F1 Grevilia robusta (F1) 175

Farmer preferred species

160
F2 coffee (F2) 120 140
F3 coffee (F3) 145 120
F4 Grevilia robusta (F4) 80 100
F5 Vegetable crops (F5) 20 80

F6 Grevilia robusta (F6) 165 60

F7 Melia dubia (F7) 56 40
20
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Grevilia coffee F2 coffee F3 Grevilia Vegetable Grevilia Melia dubia
robusta F1 robusta F3 crops F5 robusta F6 F7

Species

Figure 4 Species preferred by farmers

 Shannon diversity index and Simpson divesity index
1. SHANNON INDEX (H): It is also called as Shannon –Wiener index is a way to measure the diversity of
species in a community.

The value of Shannon diversity always lies between 0 to1

 The higher the value of H higher the diversity of species in a community
 The lower the value of H lower the diversity of species
 If H=0 it indicates the community has only one species

2. SIMPSON INDEX (D): It measures the probability that two individuals randomly selected from a sample
will belong to same species.

 The value of Simpson index always lies between 0 to1

 The higher the value of D lower will be the diversity .
 The lower the value of D higher the diversity of species
 If D=0 it indicates the Infinite diversity.
Calculation Shannon diversity (H) / Shanon-wiener index:
Total no of
SPECIES pi ln (pi) Shannon index
individuals
Grevillia robusta 520 0.409 -0.388 0.159
Persea americana 22 0.017 -1.762 0.030
Papaya 18 0.014 -1.849 0.026
Areca catechu 50 0.039 -1.406 0.055
Coconut 40 0.031 -1.502 0.047 H-Shannon diversity
Artocarpus hirsutus 33 0.026 -1.586 0.041 pi= no of individuals/total no of
Coffee 325 0.256 -0.593 0.151 individuals
Red sander 2 0.002 -2.803 0.004
Manilkra zapota 26 0.020 -1.690 0.035
Mango 12 0.009 -2.025 0.019
Bannana 10 0.008 -2.104 0.017
Eucalyptus globulus 118 0.093 -1.033 0.096
Medicinal plants 5 0.004 -2.406 0.009
Vegetable crops 20 0.016 -1.803 0.028
Melia dubia 56 0.044 -1.356 0.060
Other crops 15 0.012 -1.928 0.023
Total 1272
 Simpson Diversity Index
SPECIES n-1 n(n-1)
Grevillia robusta 519 269880
Persea americana 21 462
Papaya 17 306
Areca catechu 49 2450
Coconut 39 1560
Artocarpus hirsutus 32 1056
Coffee 324 105300
Red sander 1 2 n= Individual no of species
Manilkra zapota 25 650 N= Total no of species
Mango 11 132
Bannana 9 90
Eucalyptus globulus 117 13806
Medicinal plants 4 20
Vegetable crops 19 380
Melia dubia 55 3080
Other crops 14 210
Total 399384

• Based on these values the simpson diversity index is 0.753 that is 75.3%
 Conclusion
 Based on the survey we can conclude framers of this area is mainly going for boundary plantation
and species preferred more is Grevillia robusta, Melia dubia and Eucalyptus globulus .

 The reason for going Grevillia robusta, Melia dubia and Eucalyptus globulus trees due to it’s fast
growing nature, also grows in low fertile soils and also used in wood industries.

 The farmers land area in Bettadapura hobli was less fertile . Hence they preferred Grevillia robusta
and Eucalyptus globulus which can thrive in harsh conditions .

 Some of the framers preferred for Home gardens in their living area for their livelihood.