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Agroforestry plots establishment

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) Rangelands and forests in Afghanistan have been increasingly degraded due to overexploitation since the host communities have no sufficient alternative livelihood options. The communities and members of the Rangeland Management Association (RMA) and Forest Management Association (FMA) uprooted bushes and shrubs from the rangeland as well as cut trees from the forest to sell in the local market to sustain themselves. To decrease the growing pressure on the rangeland and forest, FAO provided 2 341 beneficiaries with 118 800 apples, sweet orange, persimmon, almond, and orange saplings as one of the alternative livelihood options, which covered 3 261 ha of land. Each beneficiary was provided with 50 saplings. The combination of trees, crops, and livestock mitigates environmental risks, helps create a permanent soil cover against erosion, minimizes damage from flooding, and enhances water storage. In addition, agroforestry brings nutrients from deeper soil layers, or in the case of leguminous plants, through nitrogen fixation, which can convert leaf litter into fertilizer for crops.

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