Rahim Mirzaei:

Assistant professor in Institute of Scientific and Applied Higher Education

of Jahad e Agriculture

Iran has about 13 m.ha.forest and located in arid and semi arid region:  The Hyrcanian ForestsArasbarani Forests  Irano – Touranian ForestsPersian Gulf and Sea of Oman ForestsZagros Forests

Hyrcanian forests:Fagus spp.-Quercus spp-Acer spp.

Irano – Touranian forestsQuercus spp.- pistacia spp

Southern forestAcacia spp.- prosopis spp.

Zagros forestsQuercus spp. Pistacia spp.

Dry forestsHaloxylon spp. Tammarix spp.

The main problems: Forestry section in government and Forestry departments in universitiesresist of agriculture activities in forests

Farmers (agriculture section)don’t accept trees on or around their forms

But there are many traditional agroforestry systems in Iran .

Some kind of agroforestry systems in Iran

silvo pasture agro silvo pasture horti silvo pasture api silviculture wind breaks aqui silvo pasture etc.

Agroforestry courses planningUniversity Research professors Forests, Range and Watershed

Management Organization Experts of naturalresources and water

and soil department

Agroforestry HND course(units name)

General units:

Fundamental units:Main unit

Special unit

Anybody

must

study 11

unites in

HND of

all

courses

in Iran.

Mathemati

c and

statistics,

botany,

ecology,

computer.

Foreign language,

climatology, soil

science, survey,

rural sociology

and promotion,

agronomy in dry

land,

horticulture,

range

management, soil

and water

conservation,

irrigation, animal

husbandry,

Proper trees and shrubs

for agroforestry,

agroforestry systems1,

silviculture in

agroforestry, social

forestry, utilization in

agroforestry, economics in

agroforestry, nursery and

afforestation, agroforestry

and soil, conservation and

rehabilitation in

agroforestry, novitiate.

Agroforestry BS.  Course(units name)Reparative units:

General units:

Fundamental units:

Main

units

Special

units

Voluntary

unitsAgronomy,

horticulture,

animal

husbandry,

irrigation,

climatology.

Anybody

must study

9 unites in

BS. of all

courses in

Iran

Statistic and

inventory, proper

software in

agroforestry,

statistical plans in

agriculture,

survey2.

Dendrology,

aerial and

satellite

interpretatio

n, land use

planning,

forest

management

, GIS,

relation

between soil

and water

and plant,

water

resource

management

, seed and

seedling

producing.

Special

foreign

language,

planting fast

growing trees,

animal

management

in

agroforestry,

allelopathy,

tree

management

in

agroforestry,

attendant

plant

management

in

agroforestry,

agroforestry

systems 2,

productivity in

agroforestry,

project,

novitiate.

Bio climate of

Iran,

aquaculture,

apiculture,

utilization of

non wood

products,

wind breaks,

plant eco

physiology,

forest ecology,

socio-

economic

problems in

agroforestry,

evaluation and

control of

project.

Agroforestry graduatesyear20002001200220032004200520062007

Number of students

1518342168685660

With best wishes