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National level e-symposium on “Agroforestry system for augmenting livestock
productivity and empowering resource poor rural farmers”
Horti-silvi-agriculture Forest trees: Himalayan poplar, black poplar, white
(high altitude, rainfed) willow, black locust, tree-of-heaven, Indian horse chestnut
Horticulture trees: Pomegranate, walnut, apricot, peach,
pear, apple, almond
Crops: Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), brinjal (Solanum
melongena), chillies (Capsicum annuum), pea (Pisum
sativum), mustard, cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var.
botrytis), cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata), radish
(Raphanus sativus), turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa),
onion (Allium cepa), oats, wheat, etc.
Kitchen garden Forest trees: Eastern poplar, black poplar, chinar (Platanus
orientalis), white willow, black locust, tree-of-heaven,
Indian horse chestnut, etc.
Horticulture trees: Apple, almond, apricot, walnut, pear,
peach, cherry (Prunus spp.), pomegranate etc.
Crops: Cabbage, turnip, radish, spinach (Spinacia
oleracea), mustard, carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus),
onion, peas, etc.
Himachal Pradesh
Sub-temperate Agri-silviculture, agri- Forest trees: Bihul, red cedar, white mulberry, kachnar,
mid hills horticulture, agri-horti- lote tree or honeyberry, chir pine, Indian willow (Salix
(1000–1500 m) silviculture, silvi-pasture tetrasperma), Chinese albizia, banj oak, eucalyptus
(Eucalyptus spp.), eastern poplar, box myrtle (Myrica
esculenta), etc.
Horticulture trees: Common pear (Pyrus communis),
common or European plum (Prunus domestica), apricot,
peach, etc.
Crops: Wheat, maize, mustard, pea, pearl millet
(Pennisetum glaucum), urd or black gram (Vigna mungo),
mung bean (Vigna radiata), ricebean (Vigna umbellata),
capsicum (Capsicum frutescens), cabbage, tomato, etc.
Grasses: Green foxtail (Setaria sp.), Guinea grass
(Panicum sp.) , Napier (Pennisetum sp.) etc.
Temperate high Agri-silviculture, Forest trees: Indian horse chestnut, West Himalayan alder
hills (1500– horti-agriculture, horti- (Alnus nitida), birch (Betula spp.), willow, banj oak, brown
2500 m) silviculture, silvi-pasture oak (Quercus semecarpifolia), green oak (Q. dilatata), tree
rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum), pines (Pinus
spp.), hill bamboo (Bambusa spp.) etc.
Horticulture trees: Apple, walnut, pear, apricot, almond,
pistachio nut (Pistacia vera), etc.
56 Institute of Animal Nutrition, Centre for Animal Production Studies, TANUVAS
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development