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bush fallow
The natural vegetation that arises when land is left uncultivated
for some time. Composed of small trees, shrubs, grasses (and
sedges) and herbaceous plants. Bush fallow may be grazed or
browsed and firewood collected from it before it is returned to
cultivation. Related terms: enriched fallow, shifting cultivation

community forestry
Forestry developed in areas marginal to agriculture, with many
members of the community being landless or small-scale farmers,
often characterized by ecological and cultural diversity and the
employment of traditional technologies. Communal land
development is basic to this type of forestry. Related term: social
forestry

Extension Forestry
It is the practice of forestry in areas devoid of tree growth and
other vegetation situated in places away from the conventional
forest areas with the subject of increasing the area under tree
growth. (TNAU Agritechportal Forestry).

enriched fallow
A form of agroforestry in which useful, mainly woody species are
sown or planted before cultivation ceases, or at the time it does, so
that during the fallow period, or when the land is next cleared for
cultivation, products are available for household use or market
that would not otherwise have been there (for example, fruits,
bamboos, rattans, medicinal). Related term: fallow

fallow
Allowing crop land to lie idle, either tilled or untilled, during the
whole or greater portion of a growing season. Tillage is usually
practiced to control weeds and encourage the storage of moisture
in the soil.

Land rested from deliberate cropping, not necessarily without
cultivation or grazing but without sowing.

State of land left without a crop or weed growth for extended
period, often to accumulate moisture. Related term bush fallow

farm forestry
Growing trees for timber, poles, fuelwood on farmland. This may
be done in small woodlots or as boundary plantings. Related term:
tree gardens

forest garden