Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Bodiga Divya, Sameer Daniel and Antony Joseph

Abstract:
A survey was conducted in the villages of the Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh state with an objective to know the adoption of different agroforestry models by the farmers in the selected region. The main criteria for selecting farmers was the presence of a sufficient agroforestry system, land-holding, reason for agroforestry adoption, constraints faced by farmers, and different socio-economic categories. The results of the survey revealed that among all agroforestry systems Agri-silvicultural system has prominent practice with frequency 190 and percent 76 which stood in 1^st rank. Adjacent to this Agri-silvi-horticultural system also popular practice which had frequency 170 and 68% ranked as 2. Silvopastoral system had been practiced by least number of respondents which has frequency 161 percent of 64.4. In Agri-silvicultural system, the highest frequency, percent was recorded under eucalyptus+ mustard mix of Agri-silviculture gained 1^st rank among all other crops combinations followed by teak+ paddy and eucalyptus+ wheat amalgamated Agri-silvi combination with frequency 239 and percent 95.6%. In Agri-horticultural system the highest number of farmers were practiced citrus+wheat combination of Agri-horticultural with 96.8% and 242 frequency as 1^st rank. The larger level of adaptation was under neem+guava+mustard with 240 frequency and 96% (1^st position) was observed in Agri-silvi-horticultural System, where Agri-silvi-pastoral system of agroforestry was found with has greater frequency of teak+mustard+berseemadaptation as 237 and 94.8% among all the respondents. The lowest adoption by the farmers was observde as Eucalyptus + Wheat, Mango+ pigeonpea, teak +rose, Poplar+wheat+berseemin respective agroforestry systems.