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Abstract

ABSTRACT A socio-economic survey was conducted in 1990 in the Charsadda district of the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan to develop a sound knowldge of the area, its people and the crops they grow. Data were collected from 270 farmers (138 owners, 41 owner-cum-tenants and 91 tenants) using a questionnaire containing 29 questions of both qualitative and quantitative nature. Charsadda, farmers grow a number of trees on their farmlands. Some of these trees (Populus deltoids, Dalbergia sissoo and Salix spp.) are used in wood based industries and generate US$ 2 million income and contribute to the economic up lift of the area. The study also showed significant differences of tree growing among owner ship categories at tehsil as well as district level.