Project Krsi Vana

Agroforestry is a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland. This diversification of the farming system initiates an agroecological succession, like that in natural ecosystems, and so starts a chain of events that enhance the functionality and sustainability of the farming system. Trees also produce a wide range of useful and marketable products from fruits/nuts, medicines, wood products, etc. This intentional combination of agriculture and forestry has multiple benefits, such as greatly enhanced yields from staple food crops, enhanced farmer livelihoods from income generation, increased biodiversity, improved soil structure and health, reduced erosion, and carbon sequestration. Agroforestry practices are highly beneficial in the tropics like Indian regions

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Agroforestry is an aid to farmers to address the many present day challenges.

      ●  Enabling agroforestry produces food, fuel and fiber, contributes to nutritional and environmental security, sustain livelihoods, increase employment, helps prevent deforestation, increase biodiversity, protect water resources, reduce erosion and mitigate climate changes.

      ●  Samashti will be working  with the Hunasvadi farmers in growing trees on farms to meet wide range of developmental and environmental related goals. Our core work will be in block plantation, bordering tree plantation and fruit bearing/ timber/ medicinal trees plantations.