ABSTRACT
Mulberry (Morus spp.) species happens to be the only food items for the rearing of silkworm (Bombyx mori) which are cultivated in the form of tree, bush and dwarf condition. Mulberry tree because of its higher canopy and wider planting space provides options to use this plant for agroforestry systems wherein it can be grown with vegetables and other short duration crops. Research report reveals that during Rabi and Kharif season the combined cultivation of mulberry with vegetable crops does not reflect any adverse result in terms of productivity. The farmer has been in a position to get around the year employment and cash flow by way of 300silkworm cocoons and vegetables. This, in a long way, can go towards enhanced cocoon production, effective resource utilization and economic upliftment of rural folk. The remunerative nature of this agrisilvicultural system will motivate more and more people to go for mulberry plantation which will help in climate change mitigation; since mulberry is a high biomass production tree species utilizing large quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere and its leaf has quick decomposition after its fall, helping in rapid recycling of carbon back to the soil.
