Why Agroforestry in Environmental Education?
Agroforestry needs to be given special attention in environmental education. The idea emphasizes food and fuel production and food and fuel are the biggest problems for the countries of the south many countries in Africa for example spend more than 25% of their national budgets on imports alone. A mixture of neglect and competition for land use has constrained food production and availability. The last 22- 24 years have seen neglect of agriculture particularly peasant agriculture by government in preference for export crops. The traditional practice of shifting cultivation has met problems as populations of humans have increased. But the modern shifting cultivation involving well off to do people and heavy machines in forested areas is a serious headache in rural areas. The practice requires extensive land, which is becoming unavailable due to rising human populations. It is because of this that the judicious integration of forestry, agriculture and pastoral land use systems (agrofores
