Course Content
Components of Agroforestry and their interactions
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Historical Development of Agroforestry in the World and in Nepal
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Relation of Agroforestry with other disciplines
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Energy plantation and high-density energy plantation (HDEP)
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Silviculture Techniques for Making Tree and Crop combination Compatible
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Forest cover of Nepal
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Collection and use of biophysical and socio-economic information
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Procedure for designing agroforestry project
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Learn Agroforestry with Rahul

Harmful effects

  • There is competition between trees and crops for soil moisture, nutrient, light and space.
  • Shading by trees reducing light intensity at the understory crop level. In such situation etiolation occurs in understory plants. Etiolation is a process in flowering plants grown in partial or complete absence of light. It is characterized by long, weak stems; smaller, sparser leaves.
  • Trees in agroforestry can augment soil water availability to land-use systems. In dry regions, competition between trees and crops is a major problem.
  • Root competition between trees and crops for water and nutrients occurs in the top soil. Therefore, trees having shallow root system compete more with crops for nutrients and moisture.
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