Biomass estimation and productivity studies were conducted in 3, 6 and 9 years old plantations of Dalbergia sissoo in sodic lands of Sultanpur District in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. A set of regression equations for biomass production per unit area was also developed to be applied on regional basis.

This paper deals with legal, administrative, social and policy aspects of constraints for people's participation in wastelands afforestation programme. The present study was conducted in three categories of villages of Uttar Pradesh.