Mr. Mahendra Singh, a well informed and progressive farmer of the village Parasai in Babina Tehsil of Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh had expressed his interest to diversify land use pattern in his five acres of farm to the scientists of ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute (CAFRI), Jhansi eight years ago. Taking the advice of the CAFRI scientists, he adopted various cropping systems including agri-horticulture and agroforestry systems along with fodder crops on his farm. To minimize crop damage caused by stray cattle of anna pratha, he was also advised to plant 400 seedlings of Acacia senegal (kumat) 2 m apart on his farm boundary to act as a bio-fence. In addition, he also established a 0.5 acre agri-horticulture model wherein he grew fruit yielding plants like guava, lemon etc. In another half acre land, he planted about 100 seedlings of teak and cultivated Napier grass on the field bunds. His rural orientation did help to align his efforts with animal husbandry and today, he owns three buffaloes and a pair of bullocks. Over these eight years, Mr. Mahendra Singh, the farmer has empowered himself to be a role model and encourages many more to do scientific farming by narrating how he got benefited from different systems, adopted eight years ago upon the advice of CAFRI scientists. Mr. Singh profusely speaks on the benefits accrued through a live fence of Acacia senegal established at his farm boundary that is protecting the crops from stray cattle of anna pratha. The planted horticultural plant species (guava and lemon) have now started yielding fruits, and the Napier grass is providing green fodder for animals. On his farm, he generally adopts groundnut-wheat and blackgram-barley cropping sequence for kharif and rabi seasons.