S(iii) Shelter belt/wind break plantation Experience suggests that across-the-wind plantation of a 13 m wide tree belt, interspersed with

60 m wide grass belt, provides the best results. Establishment of microshelterbelts in arable lands, by planting tall and fast-growing plant species such as castor bean on the windward side, and shorter crops such as vegetables in the leeward side of tall plants helped to increase the yield of ladys finger by 41%, and of cowpea by 21 percent, over the control (Venkateswarlu 1993). In spite of the good results the community shelter belts in arable lands are not very popular with the farmers, especially as the technique normally cut across their fields/holding boundaries. Therefore, of late, it has been suggested to plant trees on field bunds across the direction of wind (Ganguli and Kaul 1969; Venkateswarlu and Kar 1996; Singh et al. 1987) (iii) Shelter belt/wind break plantation Experience suggests that across-the-wind plantation of a 13 m wide tree belt, interspersed with 60 m wide grass belt, provides the best results. Establishment of microshelterbelts in arable lands, by planting tall and fast-growing plant species such as castor bean on the windward side, and shorter crops such as vegetables in the leeward side of tall plants helped to increase the yield of ladys finger by 41%, and of cowpea by 21 percent, over the control (Venkateswarlu 1993). In spite of the good results the community shelter belts in arable lands are not very popular with the farmers, especially as the technique normally cut across their fields/holding boundaries. Therefore, of late, it has been suggested to plant trees on field bunds across the direction of wind (Ganguli and Kaul 1969; Venkateswarlu and Kar 1996; Singh et al. 1987)