Updated: April 30, 2021 15:02 IST Aditi Patil and her team on what the National Agroforestry Policy means to the people on the ground Share Article AAA Aditi Patil and her team on what the National Agroforestry Policy means to the people on the ground Commissioned to study the implementation of the National Agroforestry Policy of 2014 in Gujarat — the objective of which was to increase forest and tree cover by encouraging farmers to grow specific tree species alongside their crops by providing them subsidies and distributing saplings — Aditi Patil and her colleagues (Manya Singh, Praful Joshi and the driver Chetan Bhai) landed up in Anand district in the summer of 2017 for field work.