Agroforestry Sustaining the Paper Industry in District Saharanpur

Abstract

Star Paper Mills is one of the largest paper mills in India that produces virgin paper. The mill not only made papers but also promoted agroforestry and the greening of the environment in different districts of western Uttar Pradesh on a large scale as part of its Kisan nurseries development program. In addition, the company has developed infrastructure to develop superior clones of Eucalyptus and Poplar of high yields and their propagation technology on a commercial scale through vegetative means under standardized mist chamber conditions. In Western Uttar Pradesh, clonal plantations yield double the productivity of seedlings within a shorter period. The clonal plantation is like a boon to the farmers. Farmers are giving a very good response to the clonal plantation, On the boundaries of their farmland, they grow mainly Eucalyptus and Poplar. The program of these clonal plants started 20 years and this is going on successfully.