Detection and Classification of Available Agroforestry Systems in Fars Province (Case Study: Kazerun City)

Population growth and development of farm lands through forest cutting make it necessary to use the most of land and pay more attention to sustainable agriculture. As a multidisciplinary management technique in lands around forests as Zagros woodlands, agroforestry reduces the human pressure on them and increases land utilization in sustainable development. So this study was performed to recognize available agroforestry systems in Fars province. First the data including the species and other elements of agroforestry systems were gathered and they were geographically located by GPS. Then they were compared with predefined systems and classified finally. The problems were studied and some suggestions were proposed to improve them. Nair classification method (1978) was applied in this research. The results showed that the function of bases, species and management are changed by climate variation. Seven systems was identified in Kazeroun. Generaly they were Agrisilvicultural systems and Agrosilvopastoral systems.