Abstract: Eleven agroforestry systems established on low hills in Hubei Province were preliminarily evaluated by a modified AHPmethod.The results show that among the 11 systems, the mixed bamboo-Chinese fir forest intercropped with beans had the highest comprehensive benefit, followed by bamboo intercropped with beans, masson pine intercropped with tea and maize, chestnut intercropped with wolfberry and beans, tea intercropped with maize, and orange intercropped with maize and beans.

Key words: Agroforestry system, Low hills, Evaluation, tillering dynamics, yield components, leaf nitrogen concentration, fish activity, diet analysis