ABSTRACT
Department of Agronomy, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
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ABSTRACT
Agroforestry focuses on the wide range of trees grown on farms and other rural areas. Among these are fertilizer trees for land regeneration, soil health, and food security; fruit trees for nutrition; fodder trees for livestock; timber and energy trees for shelter and fuel wood; medicinal trees to cure diseases; and trees for minor products, namely, gums, resins or latex products. Many of these trees are multipurpose, providing a range of benefits. Most growth in meat production in the tropics over middle of the last decade was through increased animal stocking, but notable increases in output per animal for milk and eggs were achieved in some regions, especially in East and Southeast Asia. By contrast, in sub-Saharan Africa over the same period, per capita consumption remained about the same over the region as a whole, while increases in efficiency observed in poultry and dairy farming observed elsewhere were not widely achieved.
