CONTRIBUTION OF TREE POPULATION ON FARMER’S FIELD AND SPECIES COMPOSITION OF SHIVPURI DISTRICT OF MAHHYA PRADESH

Tree in agroecosystems present in various combinations and they may support variety of biological diversity in the ecosystem. More the diversity results various set of competition creating varieties of products developed due to the interaction dynamics and resulting the current quality of soil physico-chemical status. A field survey was conducted during 2021-22 in Pchore, Karera, Khaniyadhana, Badarwas, Kolaras, Shivpuri, Pohari and Narwar Blocks of Shivpuri District (Madhya Pradesh) to know the agroforestry systems adopted by the farmers, tree density, growing pattern (CAI based). Bund plantations, Scattered trees, Block plantations, Agrihortisilviculture, Home gardens and Silvipasture system are adopted by farmers. And out of these agroforestry systems on the basis of growing pattern (CAI based) of tree medium growing tree species are abundantly found on the farmer’s field. While the composition of species in per cent varies from 4.09 to 23.57 in major top five tree species are recorded. Acacia nilotica founds most preferred tree species by the farmers in various types of agroforestry systems in whole 8 Blocks of Shivpuri District and followed by Leucaena leucocephala, Ziziphus mauritiana, Prosopis juliflora, Azadirachta indica etc.