A) Leucaena leucocephala
B) Mangifera indica
C) Jatropha
D) None of the above
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
Social forestry involves plantations on government, private and village panchayat land, roadsides, canal-banks, along railway lines, land not suitable for agriculture and so on. The aim is to grow fast growing trees which are commercially valuable. These trees are meant to raise firewood for people, pulpwood for the paper industry, fodder for cattle and act as wind breaks or shelter belts. Social forestry also involves the participation of people on a large scale, so that natural forests are not destroyed. The following species of plants are now widely used for social forestry: Acacia, Leucaenas, (subabul) Prosopis (jand), Sesbania (agastha), Casuarina, Tectona (teak), Dalbergia (shisham), Moringa (shajan) and Azadirachta indica (neem).
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