Socio-Economic Profile of Farmers Practising Agroforestry in the Eastern Region of West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India

Abstract

Agroforestry helps to provide farmers with an effective and efficient land management system that would bring about high farm yields and revenue in a balanced ecological environment. The agroforestry is defined as “Agroforestry is a collective name for land-use systems and practices where woody perennials (trees, shrubs, bamboos, vines etc.) are deliberately integrated to create an agro-ecosystem with crops and /or animals on the same land management unit. The integration can either be in spatial mixture or in time sequence. There must be both ecological and economic interactions between the woody and non-woody components to qualify it as agroforestry” (Kumar, and Nair, 2004). Socio-economic and Economic growth status are growing very rapidly with the help of various models given by planners. Inspite of these, there are number of areas, region, village etc. are having unbelievable socio-economic status and not avail minimum basic needs for their living. The study areas are located in the Eastern region of West Singhbhum district. The Chaibasa is the district headquater and 100 per cent population are living below standard conditions of living. The paper try to find out the socio- economic profile and possible measures to overcame the problem in the village. However, at the same time there is a realization that certain parts of the rural area have been left behind in development and the authority is currently promoting rural area in order to sustain local economies and to enhance employment and growth.