Impacts of Public Policies and Farmer Preferences on Agroforestry Practices in Kerala,India |
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Authors: | S Guillerme B M Kumar A Menon C Hinnewinkel E Maire A V Santhoshkumar |
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Institution: | 1.UMR 5602—CNRS, GEODE (Geography of the Environment),Université Toulouse II,Toulouse cedex 9,France;2.College of Forestry,Kerala Agricultural University,Thrissur,India;3.Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS),Chennai,India;4.Université de Lille 1, Laboratoire TVES,Villeneuve d’Ascq,France;5.French Institute of Pondicherry,Puducherry,India |
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Abstract: | Agroforestry systems are fundamental features of the rural landscape of the Indian state of Kerala. Yet these mixed species
systems are increasingly being replaced by monocultures. This paper explores how public policies on land tenure, agriculture,
forestry and tree growing on private lands have interacted with farmer preferences in shaping land use dynamics and agroforestry
practices. It argues that not only is there no specific policy for agroforestry in Kerala, but also that the existing sectoral
policies of land tenure, agriculture, and forestry contributed to promoting plantation crops, even among marginal farmers.
Forest policies, which impose restrictions on timber extraction from farmers’ fields under the garb of protecting natural
forests, have often acted as a disincentive to maintaining tree-based mixed production systems on farmlands. The paper argues
that public policies interact with farmers’ preferences in determining land use practices. |
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