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AGRO-FORESTRY PRACTICES IN NIGERIA
CONTENT- Meaning of Agro-forest Practices
- Agro-Forest Practices
- Taungya System
- Alley Cropping
- Forest Reserves
- Wildlife Conservation
Meaning of Agro-forest Practices
Agro-forest is the practice of combining agriculture with forestry for the sustenance of trees, fertility of the soil and production of abundant food crops to meet the needs of man. This account for about 70 percent of agricultural production for farmers living in forest zones.Agro-Forest Practices
Taungya System
Taungya is a system of combining crop husbandry with forest management on the same piece of land, thereby integrating agriculture with forestry. Food crops are cultivated along with economic trees to provide shade at the initial stage of growth of the economic trees. The food crops are usually annual or biennial crops. Seedlings or seeds of economic trees are given to local farmers who have interest on taungya system to plant along with their own crops. After about two years they vacate the land while the forestry department takes over the management of the trees.Examples of Trees Used in Agro-forestry
- Parkia biblobasa (Ukpaka - locust beans)
- Irvingia spp (Ogbono)
- Adansonia digitata (Baobab)
- Tectona grandis (Teak)
- Vitelleria paradosa (Shear butter)
- Chrysophyllum albidum (African star apple)
- Blighia sapida (Ishin)
- Gmelina spp
- Flame of the forest
- Pinus spp
- Iroko
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