About Us-Department of Agroforestry

About Department

DEPARTMENT OF AGROFORESTRY

Mission

Design and Development of Multifunctional Agroforestry Systems for Tamil Nadu

Vision

  • To increase the productivity and profitability of farm lands
  • To become self reliant in domestic and industrial wood requirement
  • To adapt and mitigate climate change variables

Goals

  • Inventory and mapping of existing land use system amenable for agroforestry
  • Development of High Yielding Short Rotation (HYSR) clones suitable for multifunctional agroforestry system
  • Optimizing precision silvicultural technology for productivity improvement
  • Development of multifunctional agroforestry systems for varied domestic and industrial utility
  • Designing climate resilient agroforestry systems for adaptation and mitigation