AGRO-FORESTRY & EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

• Important indigenous multipurpose species from agro forestry point of view like Grewia optiva ( Beul ), Ulmus laevigata, Bauhinia variegata (Kachnar) and fast growing exotics including Populus deltoides (mainly clones G3 & G48) were propagated in nurseries and distributed to the farmers in the selected villages in Paonta Valley and Bath Valley for Planting as per the designated agro forestry model.

• Suitable agro-forestry models developed in the farmer's fields and distributed more than 5 lacs ETPs of Poplar to the farmers during 1993-2000 along with technical know how on free of cost.

Traditional Agroforestry Practice in Hills of HP	Developed Agroforestry

• Interactions with State Forest Departments: A workshop/ meeting on, "To Develop Better Linkages in Forestry Research" was organised by the institute at Shimla. Officers from State Forest Department of Himachal Pradesh participated in this workshop.
  
  

• Workshop cum Peer Review on Poplar: Scientists from all the institutes of the ICFRE and Professors from those universities where ICFRE has extended research grant fund projects has participated in the workshop.
  
  

• Workshop - cum - Peer Review on Chir Pine: Scientists from the different institutes of the ICFRE along with the University Professors and Officers of State Forest Departments of H.P. and J. & K. participated in the workshop.
  
  

• Training on Planting Stock Improvement Programme: Training on better management of Seed Production Areas, Seedling Seed Orchards, Clonal Seed Orchards, Vegetative Multiplication Gardens was imparted to the officials of State Forest Departments of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
  
  

• Training on conservation of Hill Bamboo: A self financed training course on better conservation and management of Hill Bamboo was imparted to the officials of State Forest Corporation of Himachal Pradesh.

• Workshop - cum - Peer Review on Forest Entomology & Biological Control: Scientists from various institutes of the ICFRE along with the University Professors participated in the workshop.
  
  

• Dissemination of research achievements to its end users: Institute's visit was organized for the Range Officers/ Foresters/ Forest Guards of the Haryana Forest Department to disseminate the research findings.
  
  

• Workshop on Research Priority settings: To enlist the forestry research priorities for the area under institute's jurisdiction a workshop was conducted in which Forest Officers, University Professors and Scientists from the entire nation participated.
  
  

• Celebration on State Tree: Deodar has been identified as the state tree of Himachal Pradesh and J&K. To commemorate the 50th year of India's Independence school level programmes pertaining to Quiz Competition, on spot Paintings, Eassy writing etc. were conducted and importance and relevance of the tree was highlighted to the children at Sacred Heart Public school, Tara Hall, Shimla.
  
  

• Programmes for school students: Institute conducts environmental awareness programmes to the school/ college students as its regular feature. Students make themselves acquainted with flora and fauna of the region, important aromatic and medicinal plants and their uses, methodology of herbarium preparation, working with basic instruments, advances in IT etc. through these programs.
  
  

• Programmes for the Farmers: Institute under UNDP programme arranged a tour programme for the farmers to Pant Nagar University and WIMCO at Rudrapur (Uttranchal) for providing them an opportunity to gather the latest technical know-how in agroforestry. Institute also organised Kisan Melas for the farmers at Paonta Sahib and Sunder Nagar in HP.
  
  

• Socioeconomic upliftment of the rural Women: Under the IDRC project sewing programmes were organized for the women affected by the mining activities, in Sirmaur District of Himachal Pradesh.
  
  

• Display of Institute's Activities: An interpretation center in collaboration with H.P. Forest Department at Saurabh Vana Vihar, Palampur where research achievements/ technologies developed and projects undertaken by the institute has been displayed in the form of self explanatory exhibits. Sh. Roop Singh Thakur, Forest Minister having a look over significant contributions of the Institute in forestry research.
  
  

• Demonstration plots: Institute has maintained demonstration plots for its end users, important one of these are, 'limestone mine rehabilitation plot, Baldwa', 'poplar demonstration plots at Paonta and Pirdivihal, Kullu', 'Seed Orchards of Shisham and Chir Pine', 'Vegetative Multiplication Garden of Shisham at Birplasi, Nalagarh', 'Plantation of Chilgoza Pine'.

Demonstration Plots of Popular