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The Krushi Aranya Protsaha Yojane (KAPY) is a Karnataka agroforestry scheme run by the state Forest Department.
Launched in 2011-12, it encourages farmers to grow trees on their own farmland.
Farmers get cash incentives per surviving seedling: Rs 35 in year one, Rs 40 in year two and Rs 50 in year three.
Seedlings are sold at subsidised rates from government nurseries.
The aim is to raise green cover, promote sustainable farming and give farmers extra income from timber and forest produce.
Agroforestry is the practice of deliberately growing trees on the same land as crops or livestock. The trees provide timber, fruit, fodder and firewood, improve soil and water retention, store carbon, and give farmers an additional income stream, while the land continues to be farmed. KAPY supports this by paying farmers a small incentive for each seedling that survives, so the reward is tied to trees actually being kept alive over three years rather than merely planted.
Simple Analogy: It is like earning a bonus each year for keeping a sapling alive, not just for putting it in the ground.
General Awareness > Government Schemes and Environment
GS Paper 3 > Agriculture; Environment
Growing trees together with crops or livestock on the same land.
The capture and long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide, as by trees.