Community Participation in Agroforestry - a Case Study

Abstract

Under the UNDP project the ICFRE has stated work on the socioeconomic upliftment of villages by incrasing the productivity through agrotorestry. Various institutes of ICFRE are engaged in the reaearch, demonstration, and the extension of agroforestry technology in about 100 villages all over India. The efforts of one of the institutes, viz., Forest Research institute Debra Dun have been summarised in the paper. The selection of villages, distribution of quality planting material, training, demonstration and extension of agroforeetry reeearch, impact and the likely changes in rural ocenario have been discussed.