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Not AvailableAGRI- SILVI - HORTICULTURE SYSTEMS INTEGRATING LEUCAENA , LEMON, PAPAYA AND TURMERIC ON CLASS I IRRIGATED LAND IN SHIWALIK FOOTHILLS PROVIDED SUSTAINABLE MEAN NET RETURNS OF RS 17,066 AGAINST RS 78,52 ha-1 yr-1 FROM DOUBLE CROPPED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM. THE INTERCROPPING OF CLUSTER BEANS WITH LEUCAENA GAVE THE HIGHEST NET RETURNS OF RS 3540 ha-1yr-1 IN THE AGRI- SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM ADOPTED ON CLASS II LAND. EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS ( SMITH) IN TOP AND BHABAR GRASS ( EULALIOPSIS BINATA RETZ) IN THE UNDERSTOREY ON A SANDY LOAM CLASS III LAND GAVE MEAN AIR DRY GRASS YIELD OF 4.2 ( USED FOR PAPER PULP) FROM OCTOBER AND 1.19 T HA-1YR-1 (USED FOR FODDER) FROM JUNE CUT. THE NET RETURNS FROM GRASS ALONE WERE RS 4672 AGAINST RS1679 ha-1yr-1 FROM RAINFED FIELD CROPS RAISED ON AN ADJOINING PLOT. THE RETURNS FROM TREES WOULD BE ADDITIONAL . BHABAR GRASS RAISED UNDER ACACIA SPECIES ON A 25 TO 30% SLOPING GRAVELLY CLASS IV LAND PROVIDED YIELD VARYING FROM 2.18 TO 4.31 FROM OCTOBER CUT AND 0.50 TO 1.1 t ha-1 yr-1 FROM JUNE CUT WITH 6 YEARS MEAN OF 3.9 t ha-1 yr-1 WHICH AT 1988 PRICES PROVIDED NET RETURNS OF RS 2402 ha-1.Not Availabl