Abstract
Agroforestry has recently been experiencing a surge in interest as a cost-effective means to enhance food security and well-being. Thus there is a need to assess its contribution of to farmer’s wellbeing. Primary data needed for the study were collected through the administration of questionnaires to agroforestry farmers. Purposive random sampling technique was used to select three forest enclaves in Edo state. A simple random sampling technic was used in the selection of respondents and a total number of 120 copies of questionnaires were administered. Datawere analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency counts and percentages and inferential statistics such as Chi-square, Pearson Product Moment correlations (PPMC). The study revealed that the mean age of the farmers in the area was 45.6years. Majorities (85.8 %) were male and 78.3% were married. with 54.2% having household size of between 4 - 6 persons. Majority (84.2%) had formal education. Also, 65.8% engage in agroforestry farming as their primary occupation. The results showed that there was positive and significant relationship between farmers’involvement in agroforestry and their economic wellbeing (χ2 = 76.27, P ≤ 0.001), material wellbeing (χ2 = 93.77, P ≤ 0.001), social wellbeing (χ2 = 73.00, P ≤ 0.001) and psychological wellbeing (χ2 = 132.63, P ≤ 0.001), respectively. It is therefore recommended that farmers should be encouraged to increase their farm holding and also organized themselves into association for them to have access to mechanized equipment 
 Keyword: Contribution, Agroforestry, Wellbeing, Farmers
Highlights
Considering the fact that agroforestry is being considered as one of the means to ameliorate the effect of climate change and serve as a means of support to livelihood. it is pertinent to document those factors that determine the wellbeing of agroforestry farmers as an entity, and to find out if agroforestry practices have effect on their wellbeing
This implies that the farmers were in their active ages
The gender distribution shows that the majority 85.8% of the respondents were male; this implies that agroforestry farming in the area is mostly dominated by male
Summary
The insight that trees on farms provide livelihood benefits is not new, and diversity-based approaches to agricultural adaptation to climate variability have been adopted by many farmers (Nguyen and Hoang, 2013). It has experienced a recent increase in adoption by farmers in many parts of Africa as demonstrated by (Garrity et al, 2010). This study seeks to investigate the contribution of agroforestry to farmer’s wellbeing
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