After the introduction of "Nagaland Environment Protection and Economic Development through People's Action (NEPED)' in 1995, the forest coverage in Nagaland has increased remarkably. NEPED is an agroforestry project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) through the Indo-Canada Environment Facility (ICEF). It can be mentioned here that the agroforestry system is an alternative to jhum cultivation. The benefits of agroforestry are to increase the land productivity, including biomass and food, increasing the arable land, promoting farmers economic and living standard and effectively maintaining ecological balance and protecting the environment. The agroforestry system is now being popularised in the Northeastern region following the age old traditional jhum cultivation has become a major threat to the environment in the form of cutting and burning the forests and the erosion of soil.