Farm Forestry in South Asia

About this book

Using 14 case studies, this book discusses two major issues: traditional agroforestry patterns and the response of farmers to the farm forestry programme.

Contents

Foreword - N S Jodha PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Farm Forestry and the Context of Farming Systems in South Asia - N C Saxena and Vishwa Ballabh Law, Private Forestry and Markets - Akhileshwar Pathak Farm Forestry - National Wasteland Development Board Important Policy Implications - The Indian Experience PART TWO: INDIGENOUS AGROFORESTRY Farmer Initiatives in Increasing Tree Cover in Central Nepal - D A Gilmour and M C Nurse Private Tree Cultivation in a Part of Dolakha District, Nepal - Jane Carter Comparative Study of Sources of Tree Products and Tree Use Practices of Small Farmers in South Asia - Anoja Wickramasinghe Distribution of Tree Species on Different Sized Farms in a Semi-Arid Village - N H Ravindranath and H I Somashekar The Human-Ecological Background of Farm Forestry Development in Pakistan - Michael R Dove PART THREE: FARM FORESTRY: SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS The Management of Transfer of Farm Forestry Technologies - D Sen Emerging Trends Trees on Farm Lands in Uttar Pradesh - N C Saxena Socio-Economic Characteristics of Tree Planters Decision Making on Farm Forestry - S Bisaliah Role of Socio-Economic and Institutional Factors Tree Growing as an Option for Supervision-Constrained Farmers in North-West India - N C Saxena and Ravi Shrivastava An Analysis of Farm Forstry in Gujarat - Kailash Sharma, Vishwa Ballabh and Ajay Pandey PART FOUR: FARM FORESTRY: ECONOMIC ISSUES The Economics of Eucalyptus Cultivation in Kolar District, Karnataka - Abdul Aziz The Economics of Eucalyptus Plantations on Degraded Lands, West Bengal - Katar Singh and Saumindra Bhattacharjee Eucalyptus Cultivation and Crop Losses - Economic Implications - N C Saxena Wood Markets for Farm Eucalyptus in North-West India - N C Saxena

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