ECONOMICS OF MIXED PLANTATION OF PROSPIS JULIFLORA AND ACACIA NILOTICA FOR FUEL IN AGRA RAVINES.

Abstract

THE PAPER PRESENTS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE MIXED PLANTATION OF ACACIA NILOTICA (60%) PROSOPIS JULIFLORA (20%) AND MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES(20%) IN SEVERE RAVINE LANDS ALONG THE BANK OF RIVER YAMUNA AT AGRA. THE BENEFIT COST RATIOS OF THE FIRST 15 YEARS ROTATION AT 10% AND 15% DISCOUNT RATES WERE WORKED OUT TO BE 1.81 AND 1.09 , RESPECTIVELY WITH INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR) OF 162% TWENTY PERCENT OF THE AREA COVERED WITH PROSPIS JULIFLORA IN THE FIRST ROTATION COPPICED PROFUSELY AND WAS RETAINED. THE REMAINING AREA WAS RESOWN WITH PROSOPIS JULIFLORA. THE BENEFIT COST RATIOS OF THE SECOND ROTATION OF SEVEN YEARS ( PROSOPIS JULIFLORA- 78%) AND MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES 22% WORKED OUT TO BE 1.61 AND 1.40 AT 10% AND 15% DISCOUNT RATES HAVING IRR OF 27%.