Composition and species diversity of different agroforestry systems in Gondia district of Maharashtra

Abstract

The study was undertaken to assess the composition and species diversity of
different agroforestry practices followed by the farmers in the Gondia district of Maharashtra
during 2018 – 2019, using the exploratory design of social research. Ten farmers each from 8
villages of Arjuni Morgaon and Deori tehsil were selected for the study. Vegetation analysis was
done through quadrate methods with a 0.1 percent sample area. The investigation revealed that the
farmers were practicing twelve different agroforestry systems in their field such as Bund
plantation, Boundary plantation, Agrisilviculture, Hortisilviculture, Agrisilvipostoral,
Agrihortisilviculture, Plantation along irrigation canal, Kitchen garden, Plantation near water
source, Block plantation, Scattered plantation and Avenue plantation and this classification of
twelve agroforestry systems in gondia district was followed by ( respondents in gondia district) All
through this study is based on data generated through survey and prepare data and participatory
Rural Appraisal (PRA) efforts have been made to collect to secondary data from the village's
records and meeting with respondents of villages. The vegetation analysis of agroforestry systems
for Importannce Value Index (IVI) of 28 trees were recorded grown in different agroforestry system
in the study area. The IVI values ranged from 77.54 to 1.73. The lowest value (1.73) was recorded
for the Semecarpus anacardiu, while the highest value of IVI (77.54) was recorded for the Tectona
grandis, followed by Azadirachta indica (35.65), Butea monosperma (18.63), Leucaena
leucocephala (11.67) and Zizyphus mauritiana (10.55). The distribution pattern of species in the
study area showed the maximum (2.42) and the minimum (0.048) value. The IVI results show that
the tree species with high importance values and variation in ecologically dominant in studied
area. Hence, the IVI has helped in understanding the ecological significance of the species in the
tropicaldryclimaticzoneofGondiadistrict