Practice Agro Forestry Questions and Answers

• What type of forest is composed of trees of different ages with more than 25% age difference permitted?
• What is the scientific name of Silver Oak?
• Which of the following thinning methods starts from the suppressed class and progresses to the dominated class?
• What is an ‘Improvement felling’ in the context of forestry?
• Which of the following substances is specifically used as a miticide, a chemical agent designed to target and control populations of mites, which are small...
• Which agroforestry practice involves growing trees along field bunds or boundaries mainly to check soil erosion?
• The Taungya system of agroforestry, which originated in Myanmar, mainly combines forestry with:
• An agroforestry system in which fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing trees are planted in rows with wide spacing, and field or horticultural crops are grown...
• Rows of tall trees planted perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction along the boundary of agricultural fields, mainly to reduce wind velocity and pro...
• Which agroforestry practice deliberately combines trees, shrubs, and pasture or fodder grasses with livestock grazing on the same unit of land, allowing an...
• Which agroforestry system, commonly practised around rural homesteads in the tropics, integrates fruit trees, vegetables, spices and sometimes small livest...
• Which of the following is considered a key ecological benefit of integrating deep-rooted trees with agricultural crops under agroforestry systems, in terms...
• Which tree species is widely used in agroforestry systems across India mainly for its fast growth, nitrogen-fixing ability, and value as a source of fuelwo...
• Under a social forestry programme aimed at meeting the fuelwood, fodder and small timber needs of an entire village, trees are typically raised on land suc...
• Which type of agroforestry system, in which fast-growing tree species are raised in blocks or woodlots mainly to supply raw material such as pulpwood, plyw...
• In agroforestry, the term 'multipurpose tree species' refers to trees that are deliberately selected and retained on farmland mainly because they:
• Which classification criterion in agroforestry system design distinguishes systems based on whether the tree, crop and/or livestock components coexist simu...
• Which agroforestry practice, commonly seen along farm boundaries in many parts of India, involves planting a single or double row of fast-growing trees or ...
• Which of the following is generally considered a limitation of introducing trees into an agroforestry system alongside field crops, especially when tree de...
• A farmer in a semi-arid region wants to combine tree cultivation with raising livestock on the same piece of land, allowing his goats and sheep to graze be...
• In agroforestry system evaluation, the Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) is used to compare the productivity of a mixed tree-crop system against growing the same...
• Which agroforestry classification criterion distinguishes systems based on the specific socio-economic objective they are designed to serve, such as commer...
• What is the correct botanical (scientific) name of teak, one of India's most valuable timber species, widely raised in agroforestry, social forestry, and p...
• Which agroforestry system involves raising agricultural crops in the interspaces of a newly established forest plantation during its initial years, allowin...
• Poplar (Populus deltoides) based agroforestry, typically combined with a wheat–sugarcane cropping system, is most popularly and successfully practiced in...
• Which fibre crop, cultivated mainly in the Gangetic delta region of West Bengal, Bihar and Assam, requires a hot, humid climate with high rainfall, and is ...
• Weeds are often classified based on their life cycle into annual, biennial and perennial categories. Which category completes its entire life cycle, from g...
• Which of the following is a notorious, difficult-to-control weed found in both agricultural and non-agricultural areas across India, known as 'Congress gra...
• Neem, a multipurpose tree widely used in agroforestry systems across India for its pest-repellent properties, medicinal value and shade, belongs to which o...
• Subabul, a fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing tree species widely planted in Indian agroforestry systems for fodder, fuelwood and green manure, is scientificall...
•   Which agroforestry system, widely practised in the hill and plateau regions of India, deliberately combines coffee or tea as the main cash crop with t...
• a fast-growing tree species widely planted along the coastal sand dunes of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, both as a windbreak and for pulpwood production, ...
• Which agroforestry system, traditionally practised around homesteads in the humid tropics including Kerala, integrates a diverse mix of fruit trees, vegeta...