CONSTRAINTS AND PROSPECTS IN AGRO-FORESTRY FARMING SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD

EKTA¹, A.K. GODARA², P.S. SHEHRAWAT³, RAJESH BHATIA^4
1Department of Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125001, India
²Department of Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125001, India
³Department of Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125001, India
⁴Department of Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125001, India

Received : 10-04-2016     Accepted : 22-04-2016     Published : 21-07-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 25       Pages : 1496 - 1499
Int J Agr Sci 8.25 (2016):1496-1499

Keywords : Greenhouse Gases Causes, Losses, Remedial Measures, and Sustainable Agriculture
Academic Editor : B.N. Kalsariya
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The study was undertaken in two districts of Haryana state namely, Yamuna Nagar and Kaithal and a total no. of one hundred twenty respondents were interviewed. The findings further revealed that (64.20%) of respondents perceived medium prospects of Agro-forestry, whereas, (33.30%) respondents perceived low and (2.5%) respondents perceived high prospects of Agro-forestry. The study concluded that most of the respondents believed to have medium level of technical prospects (96.70%), economical prospects (61.70%), social prospects (97.50%) and ecological prospects (94.2%) regarding Agro-forestry. They also believed to have low level of entrepreneurial prospects (56.70%). Problems encountered by the respondents in adoption of Agro-forestry revealed that there were 56.7% of respondents who believed to have medium problems regarding Agro-forestry adoption such as financial, technical, production, input management and other problems.