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Contributions of agroforestry on socioeconomic conditions of farmers in Central Punjab, Pakistan – a case study

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dc.contributor.author Farooq, T.H.
dc.contributor.author Gautam, N.P.
dc.contributor.author Rashid, M.H.U.
dc.contributor.author Gilani, M.M.
dc.contributor.author Nemin, W.
dc.contributor.author Nawaz, M.F.
dc.contributor.author Islam, W.
dc.contributor.author Zainab, M.
dc.contributor.author Wu, P.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-13T11:16:16Z
dc.date.available 2021-04-13T11:16:16Z
dc.date.issued 2018-06-27
dc.identifier.citation Farooq, T.H., N.P. Gautam, M.H.U Rashid, M.M. Gilani, W. Nemin, M.F. Nawaz, W. Islam, M. Zainab, P. Wu. 2018. ”Contributions of agroforestry on socioeconomic conditions of farmers in Central Punjab, Pakistan – a case study”. Cercetări Agronomice în Moldova 51 (2): 91-101. DOI: 10.2478/cerce-2018-0020. en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.iuls.ro/xmlui/handle/20.500.12811/767
dc.description.abstract Agroforerstry (AF) in the farmlands of Punjab (Pakistan) is a tradition, but it was practiced without any proper methodology. From last few years, AF practices have become popular in Punjab. Especially in the rural areas woody biomass is being used as a major source of energy. The study was designed to examine the contributions of AF on the socioeconomic conditions of the farmers in the central Punjab of Pakistan. District Chiniot was selected as the universe of study and a detailed survey was conducted in the three tehsiles by interviewing 150 randomly selected farmers with the use of a wellstructured questionnaire. In addition, secondary data was also collected from district agriculture offices. Chi-Square test was used for quantitative data analysis. Results showed that farmer’s annual income and household status was improved after practicing AF. Reasonably less poor farmers have more income increase than the poor farmers due to an extra investment, but income generation helped poor farmers to maintain the minimal living standards. Farmers perceived the advantage of trees immensely and the large scale farmers taking this as a genuine source of income. In adoption of AF, attitude of the farmers was independent of family size and settlement period, but was dependent on the occupation and number of livestock holding. The study suggested that, in the present financial scenario of the poor farmers, planting of suitable tree species with multiple benefits is an escape way to come out of the vicious circle of poverty. Along with that agroforestry can play a vital role in increasing the vegetation cover in forest deficient countries. Extension services and awareness programs should be arranged in the areas where people have negative attitude about AF practices, because the cultivated fields are the best places to grow the tree with crops. Moreover, subsidies and income generating project should be launched to motivate people towards AF. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Iași en_US
dc.subject afforestation en_US
dc.subject farmland en_US
dc.subject income status en_US
dc.subject attitude en_US
dc.subject extension services en_US
dc.subject Chiniot en_US
dc.title Contributions of agroforestry on socioeconomic conditions of farmers in Central Punjab, Pakistan – a case study en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.author.affiliation T.H. Farooq, N.P. Gautam, M.H.U Rashid, M.M. Gilani, W. Nemin, P. Wu, College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China
dc.author.affiliation T.H. Farooq, M.H.U Rashid, M.M. Gilani, M.F. Nawaz, Department of Forestry and Range Management, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
dc.author.affiliation W. Islam, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China
dc.author.affiliation M. Zainab, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China
dc.publicationName Cercetări Agronomice în Moldova
dc.volume 51
dc.issue 2
dc.publicationDate 2018
dc.startingPage 91
dc.endingPage 101
dc.identifier.eissn 2067-1865
dc.identifier.doi 10.2478/cerce-2018-0020


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