Investigating of characteristic and contexts of agroforestry system development

In a broad sense Agroforestry means combination of different fields of agriculture including forestry, farming and animal husbandry that is an effective strategy for achieving poverty alleviation, food security and improving the environment through sustainable production of agricultural products. Agroforestry is a multipurposemanagerial technique around forests particularly Zagros woodlands which not only reduces thehuman pressure on natural resources, but also increases the land efficiency in order to accomplish the sustainable developmentof social forestry plans. In this study, the required information was gathered by triangulated method like reviewing of records and evadible documents, direct observation, and interviewing local community;and then the history and possibility of agroforestry systems development in Kamfiroz region, Marvdasht County were investigated. The results suggest that according to the favorable climate conditions, an agroforestry program that includes planting fruitful trees and medicinal herbs can be established. Designing a systematic plan and its continuous monitoring can result in improving of land ecological status, conservation of soil and water resources and enhancement of farmers’ economic ability and activity motivation.