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Composition and Benefit of Cropland Agroforestry Practices Practised in Rajshahi District

G.M. Mujibar Rahman
Department of Agroforestry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

Md. Jahangir Alam
Department of Agroforestry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Cropland agroforestry practices practiced by the farmers in Charghat, Putia and Paba upazilas in the Rajshahi district were surveyed to observe the extent of coverage with particular emphasis on its composition and economic benefit derived during the period of November to April, 2003. It was observed that the farmers practicing the cropland agroforestry plantation with trees were broadly of four types viz. (i) boundary plantation in and around the crop field, (ii) scattered plantation within the crop field, (iii) strip plantation within the crop field and (iv) composite plantation having timber trees in the boundary and fruit trees within the crop field. The composition of each of these practices has been elaborately described with supporting photographs. Economic evaluation of these different cropland agroforestry practices revealed that the farmers are getting significantly higher income from this simultaneous production system. From the findings, it is concluded that cropland agroforestry practices in Rajshahi district were economically profitable and fulfilling the demand of fuel wood and small timbers as well as increasing the tree coverage in comparatively drier part of the country.

Keywords: Cropland agroforestry, Composition, Economic benefit

Location: Villaga and Farm Forestry Project (VFFP) in the selected nine unions under three upazilas in Rajshahi district.

Start Date: 00-01-1994

End Date: 00-12-2002

Program Area: Conservation and Biodiversity

Non-commodity: Adoption of technology

Objectives:

1. To study the cropland agroforestry for simultaneous production of perennial trees and annual crops in cropland.

Methodology:

The research was conducted to evaluate the cropland agroforestry practices of Villaga and Farm Forestry Project (VFFP) in the selected nine unions under three upazilas in Rajshahi district. A sample of 90 farmers, 30 from each upazila was selected by stratified random sampling. Composition of agroforestry practices were determined through extensive traveling in the selected areas and all the different structural compositions were photographed for elaborate description. Data on economic benefits were collected by using a questionnaire. Incomes of a farmer practicing cropland agroforestry were measured in terms of taka received from crop and tree produced from 1994 to 2002 in eight years rotation. Thus the incomes from crop production during the period from 1994-2002 was made by asking question to the individual farmer; while the incomes from trees were estimated considering the fuel value and price of trees considering the present market price.

Source of Information: J. Agrofor. Environ. 1(2): 149-153, 2007; ISSN 1995-6983

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Achievement/Findings:

It is concluded that cropland agroforestry practices in Rajshahi district were economically profitable and fulfilling the demand of fuel wood and small timbers as well as increasing the tree coverage in comparatively drier part of the country.

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