Question

Explain the main points of difference between agroforestry and urban forestry programme

Answer 1

Agroforestry:

1. Production of multiple outputs with protection of the resource base.

2. Places emphasis on the use of multiple indigenous trees and shrubs.

3. Particularly suitable for low-input conditions and fragile environments.

4. It involves the interplay of socio-cultural values more than in most other land-use systems

5. It is structurally and functionally more complex than monoculture.

Social Forestry:

1. Fuel wood supply, so as to replace cow-dung as a source of energy (conventional energy).

2. Small timber supply.

3. Protection of agricultural fields against wind and desertification.

4. Fodder supply

5. Recreation needs.