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