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seeds and seedlings that they are being procured
from reliable source.

CHARACTERISTICS OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS FOR
AGROFORESTRY

a) Agricultural crops should be short duration and quick growing.
b) They should be at least partially tolerant to shade.
c) Most of them should belong to Leguminosae family.
d) They should respond well to high density tree planting.
e) They should bear some adverse conditions, like water stress
and/or excess of watering;
f) Crops should return adequate organic matter to soil through
their fallen leaves, root system, stumps, etc.
g) Crops should appropriately be fitted in intensive or multiple
cropping system.

POTENTIAL AREAS FOR AGROFORESTRY DEVELOPMENT

To optimize the impact of, and benefits from agroforestry, suitable
potential areas are identified as follows:

- idle and unproductive alienable and disposable lands
- marginal and sub marginal agricultural lands
- public forest lands zonified for agroforestry to be under
stewardship
- lands within resettlement areas not developed for
agricultural and or residential purposes
- non-critical upland or hilly land areas below permanent
forest zones; not on watershed areas which are being
developed or have potential use for hydroelectric,
irrigation, domestic, and or industrial uses

SELECTION OF SPECIES FOR AGROFORESTRY

Determining what appropriate species to plant for agroforestry in a
given site requires a knowledge on the characteristics of the site. The
site factors to be considered are the following:

A. CLIMATIC SITE FACTORS: rainfall, temperature, solar radiation,
air humidity, wind movement (direction and speed)