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Assignment on FWL 312.2: Agroforestry
Your community’s population is rapidly increasing while the available farmlands are decreasing due the expansion of settlements to accommodate the growing population; a situation that threatens food security. As an agroforestry student, how will you convince your community to adopt agroforestry in order to maximize food production on the available farmlands and ensure food security?
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MAXIMIZATION OF FARMLAND TO ENABLE ADEQUATE FOOD PRODUCTION THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF AGROFORESTRY IN MY COMMUNITY (IKOT ESOR)
ReplyDeleteAs a student of Agroforestry, having known that Agroforestry is the sustainable management system of land that increases overall production, combines agricultural crops and forest plants and/or animals simultaneously or sequentially and applies management practices that are compatible with cultural patterns of local population, I will educate my community heads and members on the benefits and importance of Agroforestry.
In a meeting with the heads and members of my community I will explain to them how
1. The planting of trees, crops and rearing of animals in a sequential manner all in the same piece of land will help to increase productivity, educating them on the effect of trees on crop through its provision of shade for the crop and how the presence of tree around the crop will reduce or affect the rate of loss of water (transpiration) from the crops, that is, giving them several evidences to make them understand that the tree around the crop will, through the provision of shade reduce the rat of loss of water from their crops to grow well, through this, the process of food formulation (photosynthesis) will be enhanced and this will lead to high productivity.
2. Their soil fertility will be greatly improved due to the leaves of the trees that will drop or be deposited on the soil. These leaves will decay enriching the soil with several nutrients that will help the plant or crops planted to grow at a fast rate and its produce will be high quality, also the waste from the animal reared in that same portion of land will enrich the soil fertility leading to highly nutritious soil that will support the growth of plants and through throughfall i.e. rain falling through the canopy of the trees will also enrich the soil.
3. Through the practice of Agroforestry, soil erosion can be control, this is possible because trees play a major role in erosion control and educate them on the role of trees in wind breaking, making them to understand that planting of trees around their crops will reduce the loss of crops through strong wind, since during strong wind several crops like cassava (manihot specie), maize (zea may) and some other important crops are damaged causing losses and low productivity. The trees will also reduce erosion through the woody hedge rows providing a semi-permeable barrier to surface movement of water.
Finally, I will make them see reasons that Agroforest is one of the best ways the community can conserve land and still get a high productivity i.e. benefit from the crops, trees and animals, since much part of the land has been lost to the present development.
NAME: UKO. INI. J
MATRICULATION NO: U2008/5020219
COURSE CODE: FWL 312..2
COURSE TITLE: AGROFORESTRY
nwokanma kelachi
ReplyDeleteu2008/5020213
As An Agroforestry Student
In order to maximize food production in the available farm land to ensure food security, my community should adopt Agroforestry.
Agroforestry is a multiple land use system in which woody perennials including trees. Shrubs banboos, etc are deliberately combined on the same land management unit with herbaceous crops or animals either in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence. Embarking on this system of farming, offers many benefits both to farmers and environment.
In adopting agroforestry it help to increase soil fertility through decomposition of litter fall which will enable the crops to increase in yield and quantity grains. It also helps to promote vegetative growth. At the same time increase the number of leaves to root development to maximize food production.
Also this system make full of the soil, improving potential of trees to rehabilitating degraded areas. It sustains high yield of wood as well as food from land, while satisfying other needs of the population at the same time conserving and rehabiliting the soil resources.
Use of irrigation system; in order to maximize food production in the available farm land in my community to ensure food security there is need to introduce irrigation schemes; irrigation is the artificial application of water to the soil, to supplement insufficient rainfall or to eliminate soil water handicap for crop production. This system facilitates the survival of crops during droughts. It also modifies both plant and soil environment thereby protecting plants against dormancy.
Hence by practicing this system, there will be no scarcity of food in my community.
Nutrient cycling; Adopting this system is very essential in that trees provide additional nutrient inputs through biological nitrogen fixation and deep nutrient capture which has been loss through harvest, run-off erosion, leaching and other loss path way.
Soil Conservation: Trees receives the direct input of rain drops and protect the soil from splashing action of the rain drops.
The rain drop are then released to the soil at a reduced velocity. This is first received by leaf litter on the ground and so splash erosion is almost eliminated.
In summary
As an agro forestry student I will encourage my community to adapt agro forestry because it has so benefits
in maximizing food production, it help to increase soil fertility, it also sever as wind break, folder shrubs provide nitrogenous livestock feed and there are many other product from fruit to building materials that can be use by farming families or can diversity their sources of income.
Careful choice of Agroforestry plant can also help the farmer to protect their land from erosion and decrease the pressure of forest to ensure food security.
Agro forestry is a collective term for system and technologies of land use where woody perennials, plants, are deliberate cultivated in the same land management unit as agricultural crops and or animals in a spatial or temporal arrangement and where they are both ecological and economical interaction between the woody perennials and other component of the system". By U.D. CHIMA. Agro forestry is an ecologically based multiple land use system which embrace discipline such as agriculture, forestry, livestock and social economics.
ReplyDeleteI am from OVWIAN community in udu local government area, Delta state. Nigeria. Agroforestry is a multiple land use system which help to improve productivity and conservation. Agro forestry makes full use of the soil improving potentials of trees to rehabilitate degraded areas. It help to sustain high yield of wood as well as food, from land while satisfying other needs of the community, at the same time conserving and rehabilitate the soil resources needed for future production. If the system (agroforestry) is adopted it will lead or improve food security and also conserve the soil and it's nutrients to continuous production of it's output.
Agroforestry if adopted in our community will help to make optimum use of the available land and it will make more yield since the farmer and the forester will farm on the same piece of land and the output derived from these system is both farm produce and forest produce.
Agroforestry will help to improve food security since the productivity of an agroforestry system is generally greater than that of annual crop system. This is due to improve soil fertility. This method or system if adopted will increase or improve food security.
Name: umukoro oghenekevwe
Mat no: U2008/5020220
ASSIGNMENT ON AGROFORESTRY
ReplyDeleteTo adopt Agroforestry in order to convince my community to maximize food production on the available farm land and ensure food security. As an Agroforestry student, I will use the knowledge of Agroforestry which has to do with multiple land use system that is capable of increasing the productivity and at the same time maintain the nutrient balance as well as to protect the nation.
In a nutshell, Agroforestry is a collective term for system and technologies of land use where perennial woody plants such as trees, shrubs, bamboos, etc are deliberately cultivated on the same land management unit as agricultural crops and/or animals in a spatial or temporal arrangement and where there are both ecological and economic interaction between the woody plants and other components of the system.
The contribution of trees to maintain productivity along with agricultural crops is an important factor in farmer’s decision in any system. In case of making use of available land home gardens have proved to be an efficient strategy for capital. Poor small farmer’s wishes to intensify land use as land holding size decreases, and tree crops have proved to be equally suitable for those short of capital and labour, wishes to put their land under a less intensive form of use. Multi-purpose trees maintain site productivity and contribute to food and income.
The planting of trees along side with agricultural crops will bring about positive impact on food security. Virtually all tree produce some fuel wood for use in the household, food and fodder products, shades, shelter, protection, green manure, the litter falls will also decompose to soil which serves as nutrients to the arable crop. Soil amelioration are all positive features of trees and it contributes to staple food supplies as well as providing a source of income with minimum labour input. Therefore, tree growing alongside with arable crops on the same farm land can be rational strategy for even very small, poor farmers and decrease farm lands.
In conclusion, the presence of tree components:
i. To maintain land productivity: In a situation of scarce capital through the substitution of trees for purchased inputs and fertilizer, herbicides and investment of crop production in the soil.
ii. To maintain shallow depth: Farmers will be encouraged to consider adopting some form of soil conservation method by enhancing sustainability of cropping systems through soil and water conservation by arrangement of trees to control run-off and erosion.
iii. To maintain soil nutrient: It returns the soil nutrients removed from it through harvest, teaching and other loss pathways. In Agroforestry, trees provide additional nutrient input and biological nitrogen fixation and deep nutrient capture. Deep nutrient capture is the uptake of nutrients by tree-roots from depths where crop roots are not active.
iv. To maximize returns to land: In situations where land is limited and trees, crops, livestock combination permit fuller use of available labour than alternative use of the land.
v. To maintain/control weeds: The effect of shade is more severe for light-demanding plant than for shade-tolerant plants. It could suppress some light-demanding weeds. Example of such trees are Teak (Tectona grandis), Gmelina (Gmelina arborea).
vi. To maintain and conserve trees: This also benefits the crops in terms of serving as windbreaks or shelterbelts and to some other forces; the trees serve as a protective measure.
REFERENCE:
1. Lecture note on Agroforestry, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Port Harcourt.
EGBERIBIN AYIBAGBANAMO
U2008/5020206
CHAPTER ONE
ReplyDelete1.1 INTRODUCTION
The word agroforestry centre (formerly ICRAF) defined agroforestry as a dynamic, ecologically based natural resources management system that through the integration of trees on farm land in the agricultural landscape, diversifies and sustains production, for increased social, economic and environmental benefits for land users at all levels (ICRAF, 2000).
It encourages a deliberate integration of woody perennials with agricultural crops and/or animals on the same land management units, with the aim of enhancing soil fertility and increase farmer’s income through the use of economic trees (Akinbile et al., 2007).
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
• Scarcity of land for food production.
• Lack of sustainable production of food.
• Urbanization.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSAL
• To maximize food production.
• To ensure food sustainability.
• To create the awareness of agroforestry as a system of multiple land use.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROPOSAL
To meet the need of the increasing population in farms of food production in Uromi, Esan North East, Edo state.
CHAPTER TWO
Agroforestry has an important role to play not only in food security but also in the provision of wood, and the conservation of the environment.
By integrating the growing with crop production, the problems of poor agricultural production, worsening wood shortages and environmental degradation can be addressed.
Furthermore, agroforestry practices techniques are been as an opportunity to take pressure off of remaining natural forests and to increase the diversity of vegetation on existing farms (Cornell, 2011).
REASONS FOR AGROFORESTRY
1) for sustainable food production
2) for shade
3) for the production of fruit as food such as guava, mango, African pear etc
4) for establishment of multipurpose trees e.g. Neem (Azadiractha indica), almond tree (Tectona grandis) etc
Agroforestry system includes
Common agroforestry practices are;
(1) Improved fallow, (2) Alley Croping, (3) Agrisilvicultural practices (Trees/food crops/shrubs) (4) Trees on farmland (scattered or pattern) (5) Taungya (6) Home gardens, etc.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
It is importance to entrench the concept of agroforestry in the farming system in Uromi. The knowledge of agroforestry in Uromi is poor and has been neglected due to lack of awareness. We need agroforestry awareness campaign in churches, market, mosques the media etc.
Efforts should be made to broaden the notion of agroforestry system to incorporate the raising of mushrooms, snails, bees, medicinal plants, poultry fish pond, etc.
EBOSELE OMONYE CONSTANCE
U2008/5020205
AGROFORESTRY
ReplyDeleteIt is deliberate integration, in space or time, of woody perennials with herbaceous crops, animals and the growing of trees with agricultural crop and livestock on the same land management unit (ICRAF international centre of research in agroforestry, 1991).
Community: Is a group of interacting people living together in one place.
Population: Is a group or type of people living in an area or country.
Farmland: It is a place specifically use for farming.
Settlement: It is the period of adjustment that occurs following a migrant arrival in a new place or country.
I am Okosun Rachael, mat number U2008/5020215 from Igueben Local Government Area in Edo State, my community is a small community with a small forest land area but large population and farmers around using the small farm land remaining as a monocroping farm which may as well leads to food scarcity in the feature.
As an agroforestry student, to convince my community to adopt this system, I have to convince my community by carrying out a research or practicing how agroforestry system can function better, more profitable and sustainable in the long term. This can be carry out by cultivating trees, crops and animal on the same piece of land by enhancing nutrient cycling amongst trees, animals and crops which have a multiple advantages on land environment, resource which yield income for humans protection of intercrops, animal by the trees, which have a wind break effect, providing shelter from the sun, from the rain, from the wind, holding the soil in place, and stimulating soil microfauna and microflora. This leads to the benefit of agroforestry;
(1) The decomposition of tree litter and pruning can substantially contribute to maintenance of soil fertility. The addition of higher quality tree pruning leads to large increases in crop yields.
(2) They can create a healthy environment intractions from agroforestry practices can enhanced the soil, water and air, animal and human resources of the farm. Agroforestry practices may use only 5% of the farmland area yet account for over 50% of the biodiversity, improving wildlife habitat and habouring birds and beneficial insects in feed on crops pests. Tree biodiversity adds improves aesthetics.
Conclusion: We can see that combining fertilizer trees with conservation farming techniques is doubling and tripling cereal crop yields the planting of nitrogen-fixing woody species between rows of crops plants enhance soil fertility, the foliage of this woody species may also be harvested to provide “green-manure” for crops plants which provide nutrients and prevent soil erosion and water loss and also help deter pests.
So therefore, agroforestry and be used to maximize the available farm land through improved tree germplasm integrated soil fertility and to enhanced supply of high-quality tree fodder resources thereby improving the income of poor house holds as well as increasing farmer investment through agroforestry.
OKOSUN RACHAEL U2008/5020215
Chapter One
ReplyDeleteIntroduction
Agro forestry is an integrated approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/ or live stock. It combines agricultural and forestry technology to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy and sustainable land use system. Agro forestry is a collective name for land use systems and practices in which woody perennials are deliberately integrated with crops and/or animals on the same land management unit. The integration can be either in a spatial mixture or in a temporal sequence.
The aim of this proposal is to convince my community to adopt agro forestry as a multiple land use system, in order to maximize food production on the available farm lands and ensure food security, and to solve the problem of food scarcity due to the increasing population.
Name of Community
Ihiala, which comprises of four villages, Ogbunafor, Ubaekwem, Umudara, Umummeri.
CHAPTER TWO
As an agro forestry student also as a forest extension agent I will:
1. Meet with the ruler of my community which is the igwe, introduce my self, and sensitize him on the challenges facing the community that is, increasing population, decrease in food production and limited land for production.
2. Tell him I have a possible solution to the existing challenges hence, I will tell him what agro forestry is.
3. Tell him the importance/benefits of agro forestry which are: control of runoff and soil erosion thereby reducing losses of water, soil material ,organic matter and nutrients. Maintaining organic matter and biological activity at levels satisfactory for soil fertility,augment soil water availability to land use system,increase productivity, economic benefits, social outcomes and ecological goods and services provided,also reduce poverty through increased production of agro forestry product for home consumption and sale, contribute to food security by restoring farm soil fertility for food crops and production of fruits, nuts and edible oils, improves nutrition to lessen the impact of hunger, etc.
4. Tell him the types of agro forestry systems which include: (i) Agrisilviculture (which can be done using either alley cropping system, or hedgerow cropping system).
(ii) Silvopastoral.
(iii) Agrisilvopastoral.
5 with the aid of a power point, I will show him pictures of other places where agro forestry has been carried out, and how it was done.
6 Then after I will meet with the local farmers and do the same.
7 At the end, I will request for a demonstration farm to practically showcase my innovation by using the SPAT system (small plot adoption technique).
ONWUKWE JENNIFER OBIANUJU
U2008/5020216
IMPORTANCE OF AGROFORESTRY IN PREVENTING FOOD INSECURITY IN MY COMMUNITY(ISIUGWU OHAFIA)
ReplyDeleteAs student of agroforestry,following the fact that my community has lost a large portion of land due to rapid growing population,while the available farmland are decreasing due to the expansion of settlement to accommodate the growing population I will design and implement several project and activities that will help to bring food security to my community.
Using the knowledge of agro forestry which has to do with a sustainable management system for land that will increase overall production, combining agricultural crops, tree crops, and forest plant and/or animals simultaneously or sequentially and applied management practices that are compatible with cultural patterns of local population and also inviting some workers that have the knowledge of agro forestry and will be able to implement or carry out the activities listed below.
The first step is to identify activities that can help my community (Isiugwu Ohafia) solve its food insecurity problems through the practice of agro forestry. I and the development workers will help the community set goals to solve each priority problem, identify activities to attain the goals, discuss the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of the activities, establish objectives and a time frame for each activity and select and agree on the activities to be carried out.
After agreement is reached on the activities to be carried out, the development workers will help the community to prepare. A work plan, identify the causes of the food insecurity, coordinating group and mobilize its internal resources.
THE BENEFIT OF AGROFORESTRY
Through the above activities, I will be able to convince my community members on how the trees and crops planted in the same piece of land will increase soil fertility through the leaves that will fall from the trees and decay to enrich the soil.
I will also explain to them how trees can help to control soil erosion and also break the wind speed preventing the wind from damaging crops.
Other importance I will educate them are: improved productivity, nutrient cycling, weed control, soil conservation and so on.
Finally, through detailed explanation of the advantages of practice of agro forestry I will be able to convince the members of my community (Isiugwu Ohafia) that the practice of agro forestry will solve the problem of food insecurity
ARINZE RITA
ReplyDeleteU2008/5020202
Life is like a rolling stone that cannot be paused or stopped and it has been seen that in the recent past years, the Nigerian population has been estimated to have increased by a certain percentage higher than what it was in the 80's.
Procreation and expansion can never be over ruled by any other circumstances of life. It can neither be stopped nor avoided but what can be avoided is the aftermath effect of what this growth and expansion could cause; I would like to convince my community to adopt Aggro forestry to maximize food production on the available farm lands in order to ensure food security.
Amongst the many definitions of Agroforestry, it could also be seen as the deliberate incorporation of trees and other woody species of plants into other types of agricultural activities. By definition the use of woody species must result in enhancement of either the biological productivity or the economic return of the system or both.
Advantages of agro forestry: Talking about the advantages of aggro forestry, it provides a different land use option compared with traditional arable and forestry system.it makes use of the complementarity between trees and crops, so that the available resources can be more effectively exploitedAggro forestry has interesting advantages from three different perspectives:
Arable perspective
protection of inter crops and animals by the trees which have a wind break effect, providing shelter from the sun, rain and from the wind holding the soil in place and stimulating soil micro fauna and micro flora
2.possibilities of combining the interest of the owner (for an inheritance of wood)and the farm(for access to cultivated land)possible remuneration for the arable farmer for looking after the trees.
1. Forestry perspective:
Acceleration of the diameter growth of the trees by wide spacing (+80% over 6years in the majority of the experimental plantations).reduction of the capital cost of the plantation with no commercial future.
2. Guaranteed follow up and tree care due to the arable inter cropping activity. in particular, protection against the risk of fire in susceptible area with pastoralism or with inter crops like vine or winter cereals(clear bare grounds in summer after stubble ploughing)
3. Environmental perspective
1. Improvement of biodiversity especially by the abundance of edge effects. This in particular, permits a synergistic improvement by favouring the habitats of the game. The integrated potential of crops by their association with trees, chosen to stimulate the hyper parasite population of crops, is a promising way forward.
2. Protection of soils and water in particular in sensitive areas. Potential impart of Aggro forestry:
1. contributing to food security by restoring farm soil fertility for food crops and production of fruit nuts and edible oils.
2. reducing deforestation and pressure on wood land by providing fuel wood grown on farms.
we imbibe the culture of aggro forestry, there will be no shortage in food and supplies and my community will be a place to live in happil
Agroforestry is a collective term for system and technologies of land use where woody perennials plants (trees, shrubs, bamboo, e.t.c) are deliberately cultivated on the same land management units as agricultural crops and / or animals in a spatial or temporal arrangement and where there are both ecological and economic interactions between the woody perennials and other components of the system.
ReplyDeleteWith the available farmland across the lake, how do we manage it in order to maximize food protection to ensure food security in my community? As an Agroforestry Students, these are the things I will do to convince them into the system with the sole aim of improving land productivity and conservation.
I will encourage the farmers to plant trees along with some agricultural arable crops on the same land management unit to maintain continuous production from land, conserve soil and satisfies the farmer’s other socio economic needs. This is because, the trees will aet as shade and provide conducive environment for the tender plants components. Of course when trees are planted in the farmland it will reclaim eroded and degraded land.
In planting trees, they can maintain more favourable soil physical properties than agriculture, through organic matter maintenance and effects of tree roots. By doing this, the tree will create a healthy environment for instance, interactions from agroforestry practices can enhance the soil, water, air, animal and human resource of farm. Agroforestry practices may use only 5% of the farming land area yet account for over 50% of the biodioversity improving wildlife habitat and harboring birds and beneficial insects which feed on crop pest which lead to reduce pests and associated diseases. Also can moderate microclimates. Shelter given by trees improves yields or nearby crops and livestock and reducing stress. And they can plant leguminous pants and Nitrogen fixing trees and slurbs which will substantially increase nitrogen in put to this system.
These trees will be needed by these arable crops, the decomposition as its organic matter and substanctially contribute to the maintenance of soil fertility. And the addition of high quality, tree pruning (i.e high in Nitrigen but which decay rapidly) leads to large increases in crop yield too.
2. Secondly, as a Agroforester, I will also discourage the idea and choice of deforestation of forestrees because it leads to degradation of land, may be in the cause of clearing for a new planting season, for development of the community (i.e trying to clear an area as a result of oil well discovery or for Government project e.t.c) deforestation occurs which exposes the available farmland to wind, water runoff and soil erosion, weed attack and pest attack and pest attack and of which one of the functions of trees so to controls runoff and soil erosion thereby reducing losses of water, soil material, organic matter and nutrients.
3. Finally, as an agroforester, a workshop/seminar will be organized for these farmer because some of them may not know the implications of things they do, therefore there is need for them to adopt and practice this system.
(a). They should be told that planting of trees can maintain soil organic matter and biological activity at levels satisfactory for soil fertility. This depends or an adequate proportion of trees in the system normally at least 20% crown cover of trees to maintain organic matter over systems as a whole.
(b). The release of nutrients from the decomposition of tree residues can be synchronized with the requirement for nutrient uptake of associated crops. While different trees and crops will all have different requirements, and there will always be some imbalance, the addition of high quality pruning to the soil at the time of crop planting usually leads to a good degree of synchrony between nutrient release and demand.
NAME: NWANEGBO ONYINYECHUKWU
MAT NO: U2008/5020212
PUDIE ARIDE
ReplyDeleteU2006/5020244
AGROFORESTRY
Definition: is a collective term for systems and technologies of land use, where woody perennials plants (trees, shrubs, bamboos etc) are deliberately cultivated in the same land management unit as agricultural crops and or animals in a spatial or temporal arrangement and where there are both ecological and economic interactions between the woody perennials and other components of the systems.
Importance of Agroforestry
Food production- from crops, trees and shrubs cultivated in the same land space.
Cash benefits- there is direct cash benefits from the produce gotten from the land space.
Energy – charcoal production, fuel wood.
Shelter- trees provide shade.
Wind breaks- trees help protect our crops and properties (houses) from direct damages done by wind.
Raw materials- most company raw materials are gotten from trees e.g. gums and resins.
Trees help to protect lands from erosions.
Trees help to improve soil fertility, through litter fall and decay.
The list of the importance of Agroforestry is endless and having known all what Agroforestry entails and its importance as an Agroforestry student to convince my community to adopt Agroforestry in order to maximize food production on the available farmlands and ensure food security, is to
Meet the community head and highlight what Agroforestry is all about.
Organize a focus group discussion which comprises of all age groups and talk about Agroforestry and its importance.
Ask for a piece of land, for practical example and highlight, the non-timber produce of trees that can fetch money that will enable them have the mind to plant tree.
AGROFORESTRY AS A METHOD OF MAXIMIZING FOOD PRODUCTION IN EMOHUA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, RIVERS STATE
ReplyDeleteThe word agroforestry centre (ICRAF) defined agroforestry as a collective term for systems and technologies of land use where woody perennial plants (trees, shrubs, bamboos, climbers) are deliberately cultivated in the same land management unit as agricultural crops and /or animals in a spatial or temporal arrangement, and where there both ecological and economic interactions between the woody perennials and other component of the system.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES
(a) The community is encouraged to regard agroforestry and tree planting as a normal activity on farm land.
(b) The improvement of soil fertility and conservation.
(c) The building and maintenance of tree nurseries in local community and the introduction of a variety of recommended tree species.
(d) Fuel wood becomes more available, benefiting the local environment
CONCLUSION
Agroforestry in the study area (ODUOHA EMOHUA) is at its infancy stage. It has not been completely embrace, and practice due to awareness on its importance.
RECOMMENDATION
It is important to entrench the concept of agroforestry in family system of the study area.
Sustained education and environmental awareness campaign to churches, market places and on the electronic air waves would help to familiarize more people with the importance and necessity to be involved in agroforestry system.
NAME: OGBUEHI EMILIA
MAT NO: U2008/5020214
As an agroforestry student, i will practise agroforetry in ma community(aggah in ogba egbema ndoni LGA in riverstate), since agroforestry is a collective name for land use system and technologies where woody perenial(shrubs,trees,bamboo,palm etc) are deliberately growing on thesame land as agricultural crop and animal in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence. This practise will now conserve the environment by integrating trees growing with crop production, leading to increase in crop productivity and environmental sustainability, which then help to take pressure of the remaining natural forest and to increase the diversity of vegetation on existing farm I believe after carrying out this practise in my community(aggah), they will be convince to adopt agroforestry practise because seeing the benefits of my practise in my community such as(1)increase in agricultural productivities(such as crops,plant and animals) (2)environmental sustainability(better environment) (3)more tree, more cash more woods and (4)maximazation of food production, they will be forced 2 adopt the practise of agoforestry in other 2 solve the issue of food insecurity in the community. CONCLUSION Agroforestry is the best practise use in any community where there are rapid increase in population and decrease in farmland NAME:ONYEJEKWE ALBERT NATHAN MAT NO:U2008/5020217 an agroforestry student, i will practise agroforetry in ma community(aggah in ogba egbema ndoni LGA in riverstate), since agroforestry is a collective name for land use system and technologies where woody perenial(shrubs,trees,bamboo,palm etc) are deliberately growing on thesame land as agricultural crop and animal in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence. This practise will now conserve the environment by integrating trees growing with crop production, leading to increase in crop productivity and environmental sustainability, which then help to take pressure of the remaining natural forest and to increase the diversity of vegetation on existing farm I believe after carrying out this practise in my community(aggah), they will be convince to adopt agroforestry practise because seeing the benefits of my practise in my community such as(1)increase in agricultural productivities(such as crops,plant and animals) (2)environmental sustainability(better environment) (3)more tree, more cash more woods and (4)maximazation of food production, they will be forced 2 adopt the practise of agoforestry in other 2 solve the issue of food insecurity in the community. CONCLUSION Agroforestry is the best practise use in any community where there are rapid increase in population and decrease in farmland NAME:ONYEJEKWE ALBERT NATHAN MAT NO:U2008/5020217
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