SOME AGROFORESTRY STUDIES IN THE OUTER- NORTH- WESTERN HIMALAYAS OF U.P 4th BEIENNIAL WORKSHOP ON AGROFORESTRY

Abstract

IN A DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY TO HAVE THE APPRAISAL OF EXISTING FRAMING SYSTEMS AND AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES UNDER MUSSOORIE HILLS, 120 FARM FAMILIES FROM 9 VILLAGES REPRESENTING DIFFERENT LAND HOLDINGS WERE COVERED. PEOPLE WERE FOUND INTERESTED TO INTEGRATE FRUIT TREES WITH AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND SOME MPT LIKE GREWIA OPTIVA WITH CROPS ON TERRACE RISERS, FARMERS WERE ALSO FOUND TO HAVE GREAT INTEREST FOR CASH CROPS LIKE GINGER, TURMERIC, POTATO , TOMATO CHILLIES AND INTEGRATION OF THE SAME WITH TREES IN HOMESTEADS. UNDER MANAGEMENT STUDIES, THE INFLUENCE OF BOUNDARY ROW TREES , PLANTING DIRECTION, TRENCHING , MULCHING , MANURING AND INTERCROPPING OF FIELD CROPS WITH FODDER CROPS OF LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA WERE STUDIED UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS. TREE SPECIES AND DISTANCE FROM THE TREE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED THE CROPS.