Vol. 10, Special Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Sinha Jyoti and Dr. RK Prajapati

Abstract:
Agro-forestry practices for the livelihood and farm income, to characterize the structure and diversity of traditional agroforestry practices prevailing in the study area of Rajnandgaon and to identify the opportunities and challenges for promoting scientific agro-forestry in rural areas to boost overall farm productivity. A survey was conducted in nine villages of Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh and the data was collected from10% of the household so each villages. Majority of the farmers in study area were belongs to marginal category especially in Rajnandgaon block followed by small and medium category were dominated in Chhuikhadan and Mohala. Medium-sized farmers benefited most from agroforestry since it provided them with fuel, followed by wood products, food, and fodder. A scientific agroforestry was seen between different farmers. The majorities of respondents in the Rajnandgaon block were small-scale farmers with land holdings of less than one hectare. Medium-scale farmers with landholdings of 1 to 2 hectares dominated Chhuikhadan and Mohala. The occupational profile of Rajnandgaon, Chhuikhadan and Mohala block. In block case of Rajnandgaon, Chhuikhadan and Mohala block agriculture was major occupational profile which was ranging from 60 to 76.32%. The occupational profile of respondents was in the order Agriculture>Labors> Agri-based> Services.