HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Agroforestry is practiced in both irrigated and rain fed conditions where it produces food, fuel, fodder, timber, fertilizer and fibre, contributes to food, nutritional and ecological security, sustains livelihoods, alleviates poverty and promotes productive and resilient cropping and farming environments.

Detailed explanation-2: -Benefits of Agroforestry Reduction of pressure on forest. More efficient recycling of nutrients by deep-rooted trees on the site. Better protection of ecological systems. Reduction of surface run-off, nutrient leaching and soil erosion through impending effect of tree roots and stems of these processes.

Detailed explanation-3: -It seeks to increase the productivity of associated crop and livestock systems, leading to more diverse and sustainable production systems and better income from tree products, while protecting the environment.

Detailed explanation-4: -Agroforestry is the practice of growing trees and shrubs in and around pasturelands. Trees planted along pasturelands provide shade to the crops. They also help in preventing soil erosion. It is one of the remedies that should be implemented to conserve our forests.