Development of Agro Forestry Clonal and Non Clonal

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Agro-Forestry is a dynamic land management system that combines agriculture with forestry, horticulture, medicinal plants and animal husbandry on the same piece of land. It utilizes production potential of land in two to three tiers with suitable crop-tree combinations. The demand of agro-forestry products and services in the country is increasing with rapid economic growth, industrialization and increase in population. Integrated cultivation of agriculture and tree crops is being adopted as a strategy to save natural forests and to ensure sustained supply of raw-material to Wood-Based Industries. The aims of the scheme are as under: i) To increase the tree cover outside forests in consonance with the State and National Forest Policies. ii) To encourage practice of agro-forestry on farmlands for crop diversification and increase in the productivity of farmlands. iii) To raise woodlots on Panchayat lands, Institutional lands, Roadsides, Community lands and Private farm lands as well as Forest Lands. iv) To raise seedlings in nurseries for sale/distribution to public. v) To raise fruit orchards on common lands and Panchayat lands. vi) To implement Shiv Dham/Bani rejuvenation/Amrit Van plantation. Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign and Van Mitra scheme. vii) To implement Paudhagiri scheme by providing quality seedlings to students studying in class 6th to 12th . viii) To do plantation around village ponds. ix) To provide pension under Haryana Pran Vayu Devta Pension Scheme to custodian of Pran Vayu Devta trees of 75 years of age or more and having high ecological significance. x) To carry out research activities; collections of forests seed and raising and procurement of quality seedling.

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