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National level e-symposium on “Agroforestry system for augmenting livestock
productivity and empowering resource poor rural farmers”

Conclusion

Agroforestry is bound to play a major role in near future, not only for its importance in food and
livelihood security but also for its role in combating the environmental challenges. Agroforestry and trees
outside forest will be a key issue in providing a solution to global warming, climate change and enhancing
the per unit productivity of the land and converting degraded and marginal lands into productive areas. The
National Agroforestry Policy made several recommendations which will go a long way in stimulating large-
scale adoption of the agroforestry by the farmers and will provide the required raw material to wood based
industries on one hand and play its role in energy and environmental security on the other. The major focus
of research in the coming years will be on developing agroforestry technologies for critical areas like arid and
semi arid zones and other fragile ecosystems such as Himalayan region and Coastal eco-system to sustain
these areas for higher productivity and natural resource management.

The following actions are required to take agroforestry research forward:
 To develop Agroforestry models with native indeginous tree species that are more resistant to abiotic
and biotic stress.
 To develop climate resilient Agroforestry models to address frequent drought,flood and cyclonic
situation of the state.
 To study on crabon foot print of different Agroforestry systems and farmer friendly models to cover
up climate change risk in the state.
 To start massive awareness programme and to follow various extension strategy to devdelop
knowledge base of the farmers for better adoption of Agroforestry systems according to their need
and also to counteract deforestation and ill effect of climate change in the state.
 To support income augmentation activities, livelihood and nutrtitional security of small marginal and
landless farmers through popular Agroforestry models.

 To facilitate for development of Start up group, Farmers’ producer group for value addition and
processings of Agroforestry produces at their locality with better management of marketing chains.

Institute of Animal Nutrition, Centre for Animal Production Studies, TANUVAS
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development 15