Punjab Agroforestry

Project Details

The proposed ARR VCS project plans to promote sustainable agroforestry for small-scale farmers to provide them with financial benefits and ensure GHG mitigation in the state of Punjab, India. The project is being conducted in three divisions of Punjab namely Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Rupnagar and Nawanshahr. The total project area is 3,992.71 ha and the agroforestry plantations done by farmers from 2017 to 2020 are considered. The plantations done by the farmers are in two types (i) the plantations undertaken at personal level and (ii) the plantations undertaken under the SubMission on Agroforestry (SMAF) under NMSA (National Mission on Sustainable Agroforestry) implemented by Punjab Forest Department. The main agroforestry tree species planted in each village for the year 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 are clonal Poplar, clonal Eucalyptus, Teak, Shisham, Chandan, Drek. The plantations undertaken by the farmers in their respective farms are block, intercrop or boundary plantations. The plants are harvested after their respective cycles and replanted in the same area.