Agroforestry practice

1. Introduction
• In the region agroforestry practices have been
implemented since the last fifteen years
• Good in the first 5 years
• But later declined

• To curve these problems the BoA has given

special attention in the last two years.
• training of agroforestry packages has been
given
 2.Challenges
• Less attention is given to carry out the
practice

• Insufficient technical support at all level

• the implemented practices is not designed

properly/spacing, species site match, etc

• Practical and technical skill and knowledge

gaps.

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 Challenges contd….
• Lack of monitoring and evaluation

• Lack of assessment and scaling up of the

best practices

• Lack of integration of experts to perform

practices

• Lack of Diagnosis and Design

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 3. Opportunities
• The ever dwindling land productivity which
calls for agro-forestry interventions
(restoration of the nutrient cycle).

• Scarcity of land for development of plantation

forestry which calls for agro-forestry as an
approach to bring trees/forests into the
picture.

• Growing demand for wood, feed, and

horticultural products
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 Opportunities contd….
• The growing attraction of the farming
community by the economic benefits of trees
and the growing trend of tree planting culture.

• SWC structures on farm lands which create a

conducive environment for establishing AF

• The Structure of BoA down to Kebele level

and the availability of Das and FTCs
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 Situation analysis
 Situation analysis of 2008 forestry
implementation: Experiences from
 North Gondar
 Wag
 North Wollo
 Situation analysis on 2008 forestry
activities.pptx
 Pictures
 Summary pictures.pptx
 Plenary discussion
 What has happened since the last training
in Injibara?
 Best practices
 Challenges
 4. Definition and concepts

 The deliberate growing of woody perennial on

the same unit of land as agricultural crops
and/or animals, either in some form of spatial
mixture or temporal sequence
The definition implies that:

 two or more species of plants (or plants and

animals), at least one of which is a woody
perennial;

 always has two or more outputs;

 the cycle of an agroforestry system is always

more than one year;
The following diagram illustrates the area combination
and major systems in agroforestry
 Ranging from shifting cultivation to more
complex hedgerow intercropping

 All kinds of climate, on all kinds of soils and

under various social conditions

 Poor to highly productive systems

 5. Attributes of agroforestry systems
 There are three attributes which, all agroforestry
systems possess. These are:

 A. Productivity: Most, if not all, agroforestry

systems aim to maintain or increase production
(of preferred commodities) as well as
productivity (of the land)
 Agroforestry can improve productivity in many
different ways. These include:
 increased output of tree products,
 improved yields of associated crops,
 reduction of cropping system inputs, and
 increased labor efficiency