Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed Management
This book provides a comprehensive explanation of rainfed farming, dryland agriculture, and watershed management concepts. Despite utilizing all available water resources for irrigation, approximately half of the cultivated land will still rely on rainfall. With limited scope for expanding cultivate...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Singapore :
Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2024.
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| Édition: | 1st ed. 2024. |
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| Accès en ligne: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8425-1 |
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Table des matières:
- 1. Definition, concept and characteristics of dry land farming
- 2. Soil and climatic parameters with special emphasis on rainfall characteristics
- 3. Constraints limiting crop production in dry land areas
- 4. Drought, its different types and drought management strategies
- 5. Stress physiology and preparation of appropriate crop plans for dry land areas and mid contingent crop plan for aberrant weather conditions
- 6. Tillage, tilth, frequency and depth of cultivation, compaction in soil tillage, concept of conservation tillage, tillage in relation to weed control and moisture conservation
- 7. Techniques and practices of soil moisture conservation (use of mulches, kinds, effectiveness and economics)
- 8. Seeding and efficient fertilizer use
- 9. Concept of watershed resource management, objectives, principles, problems, approaches and components
- 10. Factors affecting watershed management and impact of watershed management programme on sustainable agriculture
- 11. Plant Ideotype, their types and Ideotype for Dryland farming
- 12. Introduction, types and history of rainfed agriculture and watershed management in India
- 13. Problems of rainfed agriculture in India
- 14. Soil and climatic conditions prevalent in rainfed areas
- 15. Soil and water conservation techniques in rainfed areas
- 16. Water harvesting: importance, its techniques
- 17. Practical.