DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIAL AND AGRO FORESTRY
| Agro Forestry | Social Forestry |
| Combines with the production of agriculture, crops, forest, forest plants and fodder species simultaneously or sequentially on the same units of land | Include forest crops including food, fodder, fuel wood and small timber to meet the multifarious demands of the society |
| It is a different package of technology that has to be developed before implementation. | This is not required in social forestry and fallow lands are utilized for raising forest crops. |
| There is a close crop relationship whose cultivation is determined by the demands of region, demands of person etc. | Forest crops are raised either independently or in combination with other forest crops including legumes and grasses. This does not require such a deep research on the interrelationships. |
| Guided generally by economic consideration taken into account the combined yield of trees and agriculture crops | Social demands and requirement are more important than any other economic conservation. |
| It is done on dry-lands water logged, alkaline and saline soils and nearly all cultivable areas and forest blocks. | It is practiced around field bunds, palm pond unproductive land and village common. |
SOCIAL FORESTRY |
PROBLEMS WITH SOCIAL FORESTRY |