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Assessment of existing Agroforestry Systems and their impact on Socio-Economic status of farming community in Chamba Tehsil of District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Author(s) Dr. Kehar Singh Thakur, Shubham Jamwal, Bhavnesh Dhiman
Country India
Abstract The study is carried out at Chamba tehsil of district Chamba, Himachal Pradesh with the aim to identify different existing agroforestry systems and to assess the demographic and socio-economic conditions of farmers. Eight Agroforestry systems are found to be practiced by farmers in the study area viz. Agrisilviculture (AS), Agrisilvipasture (ASP), Agrisilvihorticulture (ASH), Agrihortisilviculture (AHS), Agrihortipastoral (AHP), Agrihoticulture(AH), Pastoralhorticulture (PH), Silvipastoral (SP). Six agroforestry systems are identified in marginal and eight categories in the small and medium categories farmers. It is evident that Agrisilviculture system is dominant in all the existing agroforestry system followed by Agrisilvipastoral system practiced among the sampled farmers of all categories. Sex ratio is observed as Medium category (945.35) >Small category (870.78) > Marginal category (797.75). Average family members per household is in the order: Medium (4.76) > Small (4.61) > Marginal (4.475). Males dominated over women in literacy as well as in all the income generation. Cow is the most preferred domesticated animal followed by bullocks, goats, sheep and buffaloes. Average land holding is found 2.04 hectares in all categories. Average area under arable land constitutes 59.98 per cent combining both irrigated and unirrigated areas, out of which major portion of arable land is dependent on rainfall. The system units in agriculture components are maize, beans, capsicum, tomato as kharif crops whereas wheat, pea, barley and cabbage, cauliflower as rabi crops. Tree components are Grewia optiva, Celtis australis, Pinus roxburghii, Robinia pseudoacacia, Quercus leucotrichophora, Toona ciliata, Pyrus pashia, Morus alba, Rhododendron arboretum, Melia azedarach, Murraya koenigii, Ficus recemosa, Cedrus deodara, Prunus cornuta, Olea cuspidate, Juglans regiaetc. The major fruit species present in the studied area are Actinidia deliciosa, Malus domestica, Prunus domestica, Prunus armeniaca, Pyrus, Citrus pseudolimon, Citrus limon, Prunus dulcis, Punica granatum. Major grass species present in the studied area are Setaria, Napier hybrid, Cynodon dactylon, Megathyrsus maximus. It is worth mentioning here that the overall family sex ratio is reported 871.295 which is less than the state and national average of 972 and 940 respectively depicting cultural difference on the gender of a child. The average family size is found to be 4.61 individuals per family and adult population constituted 67.56% of the total population. Literacy rate varied from 87.8 to 87.27 help in adaptation of new agroforestry technologies. Males are dominating in all small and marginal categories covering about 89 per cent of the total land area. Eight agroforestry system types are practiced by different categories of farmers. Agrisilviculture type was practiced by maximum number of farmers whereas, Agrihortipastoral type is practiced by least number of farmers. No woodlots were observed in the study area as people meeting their fuel, fodder and other needs through tree retained in agriculture land and pasture land. Agroforestry systems observed in the studied area helped farmers to increase their farm income, easy availability of firewood and timber on the farmland. Finally, it can be concluded that agroforestry is prerequisite for conservation of natural forest and socioeconomic upliftment of rural population.
Keywords Key words: Agroforestry systems, demographic, socio-economic, Agrisilviculture (AS), Agrisilvipasture (ASP), Agrisilvihorticulture (ASH), Agrihortisilviculture (AHS), Agrihortipastoral (AHP), Agrihoticulture (AH), Pastoralhorticulture (PH), Silvipastoral (SP)
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-10
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.62964
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