Agroforestry practices of farming communities are investigated in southern Punjab province, Pakistan. It is hypothesized that rural people of this areas are more inclined than elsewhere in the province to practice agroforestry due to greater profitability than cropping. A landholder survey revealed that the majority of farmers are inclined to plant trees on their land. Low accessibility of institutional credit is a constraint for both agroforestry farmers (AF) and non-agroforestry farmers. However, among AF respondents only 24% were found to need credit for agroforestry practice, as against nearly 76% for crop production. Mostly farmers were found to have positive perceptions regarding agroforestry practice, because they understand the multiple benefits from growing trees, compared with cropping where farmers face various constraints, including poor access to credit, natural hazards, and little support from local authorities. Further, effort to sensitize farmers that growing trees has multiple benefits compared to only cultivation of field crops can bring about change in farmer’s perceptions and attitudes in the Indus River basin, resulting in motivation for agroforestry adoption.

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巴基斯坦印度河河流域农民对农林业实践的看法及其影响因素

在巴基斯坦旁遮普省南部调查了农业社区的农林业实践。据推测，由于该地区的农民比种植农作物具有更高的利润率，因此比该省其他地区的农民更倾向于从事农林业。一项土地所有者调查显示，大多数农民倾向于在自己的土地上种树。机构信贷的可及性低，对农林业的农户和非农林业的农户都是一个制约。但是，在AF受访者中，只有24％的农林业实践需要信贷，而将近76％的农作物生产需要信贷。人们大多发现农民对农林业的做法有积极的看法，因为他们了解种植树木所带来的多重好处，而相比之下，种植者面临各种限制，包括难以获得信贷，自然灾害以及地方当局提供的支持很少。此外，使农民意识到与仅种植大田作物相比，种植树木具有多种益处的努力可导致印度河河流域农民的观念和态度发生变化，从而导致采用农林业的动机。