Nursery Techniques in the social forestry

Abstract

The success of sny sfforestation scheme depends largely on the quslity of seeds, nursery techniques snd the planting stock itself. Although direct seeding has given good resulta with SOlie species in particular aress e.g. Acacia nilotic8 and Acacia senegal in the Sudan, Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Eucalyptus tereticornis in Katanga snd Zambia snd Azadlrachts indica (nee ••) in " Nigeria, afforestation by this lI.thod is extremely limited: The general practice 1s to plant stock raised in nurseries. All nursery operAtions are directed towsrd. the production 0' healthy. vigoroua plants. The paper review. the existing nursery technique. snd~peration. and highlights those relevant to Bocial fare.t~y practices.