Abstract
Financial analyses of shelterbelt agroforestry system are compared for some regions in Pakistan. The study reveals that shelterbelts, though they may be competitive in biological terms, are supplementary in financial terms. The net present value analyses found wheat and sugarcane fields with poplar windbreak to be financially sound in the Peshawar valley of N.W.F.P. Similarly, the agroforestry options wheat sheltered by rows of shisham in the Mianwali region of Punjab and of wheat sheltered with eucalyptus in Tharparker, Sindh were financially superior, to wheat monocropping. The study suggests positive financial incentives to land owner and tenant farmers for establishing shelterbelt agroforestry in these regions of Pakistan.
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