Farmers, in general, practicing rice-wheat cropping sequence in assured irrigation situations are reluctant to grow trees along with crops as mixed plantations with the apprehension of shade on the companion crop and competition for water and nutrients. As a substitute to mix agroforestry system, several fruit trees were planted at 2m×2m spacing along the boundary of the experimental farm. The fruit trees planted included : eight varieties of mango (Amarpali, Dasheri, Langra, Surya, Mallika, Ramkela, Alphonso and Kesar), guava, lemon, zyziphus, sapota, lichi, kinnow, seedless kinnow (Daisy), papaya, orange, sweet lime, grapes, Emblica (amla), Psygium (jamun) etc. All fruits are well established and making satisfactory growth, clusterbean, cucurbits, beans during Kharif followed by almost all vegetables during Rabi to generate additional regular high income. The trees are securing as source for sequestration of Carbondioxide at the farm level.
