Course Outline: FRST 201 – SOCIAL AND FARM FORESTRY (1+1)
Role of forests – productive role – food, fuel, clothing, shelter, timber and non- timber forest produce and protective role – climate amelioration, soil and water conservation, habitat for wildlife, purification of atmosphere.
Status of Indian forests – Comparison with other countries, National forest Policy, 1988
Agroforestry – definition – different terminologies – components – distinction between agroforestry and social forestry. Benefits and constraints of agroforestry
Classification of agroforestry systems on structural, functional, socio- economic and ecological basis
Agrisilvicultural systems – improved fallow species in shifting cultivation, taungya system, multi species tree garden, alley cropping, multi purpose trees and shrubs on farmlands, crop combinations with plantation crops, fuel wood plantations
Silvipastural system – protein bank, live fence of fodder and hedges and trees and shrubs on pasture
Agrisilvipastural systems – homestead, woody hedgerows for browse, mulch, green manure, soil conservation – other systems
Planning in agroforestry – Diagnosis and Design
Agroforestry systems for seven agro climatic zones in Tamil Nadu
Role of trees in soil fertility – Economics of agroforestry
Community forestry – evolution of social forestry concepts – Social forestry in Tamil Nadu, Interface forestry – JFM, TAP
Wasteland development – definition – extent and classification. Suitable trees for problem soils – planting technique for wastelands. Trees in soil and water conservation. Afforestation for sand dune stabilization, mine burden, coastal and hilly areas
Silvicultural practices for Teak, Eucalyptus and Tamarind
Silvicultural practices for Ailanthus, Neem, Pungam and Prosopis
Silvicultural practices for Casuarina Silk cotton, Acacias and Bamboos
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