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Farmers’ Agro forestry in Pakistan, Farmers’ Role-Trends and Attitudes
Tanveer Hussain, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Shahid Ali Khan, Nasir Masood, Muhammad Ashfaq and Naila Sarwer
Corresponding Author: Tanveer Hussain
Submitted: 2011 October, 03
Accepted: 2011 November, 25
Published: 2012 January, 25 |
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The purpose of the study was to identify the beliefs that underlie farmers’ decisions to engage in
agro-forestry, defined as intension to plant trees in the farms. The less proportion of forest land and perpetual
degradation of existing forest plantation are confronting serious threats to the sustainability of forest plantation
in Pakistan. Agro forestry has been identified the most feasible solution; especially in irrigated areas of Punjab.
The application of theory of planned behavior during the survey of 64 farmers in three different ecological
zones showed/depicted that farmers’ willingness to plant trees on their fields is a result of their attitudes towards
the advantages and disadvantages of trees, their perception of the opinions of salient referents and factors those
encourage and discourage farm level tree planting. Farmers’ viewed farm forestry as economically beneficial
and environment friendly. Tree planting was being perceived as increasing income, providing wood for fuel
and furniture, controlling pollution and providing shade for human and animals. Farmers viewed the hindrance
in agriculture operations and the harboring of insects pests and diseases as negative impacts of tree planting;
however, they were outweighed by their perceptions of positive impacts. Tree growing decisions of the farmers
were influenced by the opinions of the family, owners/tenants, fellow-farmers. Farm forestry programs are more
likely to be successful, if they acknowledge and address the factors, which underlie farmers’ reasons for
planting or not planting trees.
Key words: Agro-forestry, attitudes, planned behavior theory, trends, , ,
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Tanveer Hussain, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Shahid Ali Khan, Nasir Masood, Muhammad Ashfaq and Naila Sarwer, . Farmers’ Agro forestry in Pakistan, Farmers’ Role-Trends and Attitudes. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (1): 29-35.
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