🌲 Silvipasture System

This lesson introduces core social and farm forestry concepts and their practical relevance for sustainable land use and farm livelihoods.

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Silvipasture System

Lec.7 SILVIPASTURE SYSTEM

The production of woody plants combined with pasture is referred to Silvipasture system.

The trees and shrubs may be used primarily to produce fodder for livestock or they may be

grown for timber, fuelwood, fruit or to improve the soil.

This system is classified in to three categories

i) Protein bank

ii) Livefence of fodder trees and hedges

iii) Trees and shrubs on pasture

i) Protein bank

In this Silvipastural system, various multipurpose trees( protein rich trees ) are planted on

or around farmlands and range lands for cut and carry fodder production to meet the feed

requirement of livestock during the fodder deficit period in winter

Example: Acacia nilotica, Albizia lebbeck, Azadirachta indica, Leucaena

leucocephala, Gliricidia sepium, Sesbania grandiflora

ii) Livefence of fodder trees and hedges

In this system, various fodder trees and hedges are planted as live fence to protect the

property from stray animals or other biotic influences.

Example: Gliricidia sepium, Sesbania grandiflora, Erythrina sp,

Acacia sp.

iii)Trees and shrubs on pasture

In this system, various tree and shrub species are scattered irregularly or arranged

according to some systemic pattern to supplement forage production.

Example: Acacia nilotica, Acacia leucophloea,Tamarindus indica, Azadirachta

indica.

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Summary Cheat Sheet

Topic	Key takeaway
Main focus	Silvipasture System.
Section context	Revise this lesson with the rest of Social and Farm Forestry for stronger conceptual continuity.