Abstract
ABSTRACT The economic and social interactions of tree planting on farms in Haryana were investigated by means of a pilot survey followed by the issue of a questionnaire. Virtually all farmers in three villages in N Haryana were interviewed. The three main crop plants were sugarcane, rice and wheat, with maize and mustard being important secondary species. Populus deltoides vars. were planted on the majority of farm boundaries with Eucalyptus spp. on a minority. The data were used to generate Farm Household Models. The aim of the study was to optimise, using five possible situations, the most suitable balance in socio-economic terms of crops and trees. First year plantings were separated from annualised plantings and both were investigated under situations where capital borrowing was either restricted or unrestricted. Growing trees only on boundaries would result in a substantial increase in gross margins. A comparison of woodlot and alley plantings with boundary or no tree planting indicated that a combin...
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