ISSN 2375-1134
African Journal of Agriculture ISSN 2375-1134 Vol. 5 (1), pp. 300-306, January, 2018. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Agricultural cropping systems practices in association with planted tree species in Bangladesh
*Mohammad Karim, Pritilata Fazlul and Shabnam Azad
Department of Botany, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 18 August, 2017
Abstract
A relatively large percentage of the population in Bangladesh lives under the poverty line and is affected by the country’s degrading natural resources. Agroforestry has been seen as one of the few options to lift people out of poverty. Research into the costs and benefits of agroforestry was undertaken in Capasia Village in Northern Bangladesh. Initial results indicate that agroforestry may not only be an optimal livelihood solution for poor farmers, biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability but agroforestry systems also provide good economic rates of return. Thus the farmers who engage in agroforestry are benefited in different ways.
Key words: Agroforestry, poverty, farmers, livelihoods, conservation.