Concept of agroforestry envisages the practice of forestry on cultivated lands for achieving numerous objectives
for the benefits of rural and urban communities. Many research studies have been carried out to compare the
economic returns achieved by growing agricultural crops under monocultural system and in combination with
trees. The main objective of this study was to investigate and analyze the reasons for non-adoption of
agroforestry by farmers and the problems being faced by them in district Faisalabad. A sample of 125
respondents from five randomly selected rural union councils from tehsil Faisalabad were interviewed through a
structured interview schedule in person and the data were analyzed by using suitable computer software (SPSS)
to draw conclusions. It was concluded that the farmers were not adopting agroforestry mainly due to their lack of
awareness about the tree benefits. They considered that the trees compete with agricultural crops for water and
nutrients uptake and degrade their farmlands etc. The government should initiate the projects to build the capacity
of the farmers through training and orientation workshops. She should also provide technical guidance to the
farmers about suitable tree species grown on agricultural land that are less competitive to agricultural crops in
water and nutrients uptake.
Wasif Nouman, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Muhammad Tahir Siddiqui, Atif Riaz . (2008) Farmers’ attitude towards agroforestry in district Faisalabad, , Volume-45, Issue-1.
