eprintid: 11938
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
userid: 3170
dir: disk0/00/01/19/38
datestamp: 2021-12-21 09:42:02
lastmod: 2021-12-21 09:42:02
status_changed: 2021-12-21 09:42:02
type: book_section
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Chander, G
creators_name: Dixit, S
creators_name: Sawargaonkar, G
icrisatcreators_name: Chander, G
icrisatcreators_name: Dixit, S
icrisatcreators_name: Sawargaonkar, G
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: India
title: Bhoochetana: Reviving Soils for Agriculture
ispublished: pub
subjects: B1
subjects: S2020
divisions: GRP_RFFS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Soil Fertility, Nutrition
abstract: The Bhoochetana program in Karnataka, India, has been one of the initial exemplar attempts at scaling-out
best practices in reviving soils on a large scale involving thousands of farmers in the state. The stagnant
to declining growth of the agriculture sector in Karnataka between 2000 and 2008 demanded a multipronged
strategy to revive agriculture. Given the alarming situation, in 2009 the state initiated measures
to address soil health through a state-wide, flagship program called Bhoochetana. The program was
designed to get the state’s agriculture back on track by increasing crop productivity and strengthening
agriculture-based livelihoods.
date: 2020
date_type: published
number: 1
publisher: ICRISAT
place_of_pub: Hyderabad
pagerange: 1-6
pages: 6
refereed: TRUE
book_title: Mapping the Nutrient Status of Odisha’s Soils
editors_name: Dixit, S
editors_name: Mishra, P K
editors_name: Muthukumar, M
editors_name: Reddy, K M
editors_name: Padhee, A K
editors_name: Mishra, A
citation:   Chander, G and Dixit, S and Sawargaonkar, G  (2020) Bhoochetana: Reviving Soils for Agriculture.   In:  Mapping the Nutrient Status of Odisha’s Soils.   ICRISAT, Hyderabad, pp. 1-6.      
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11938/1/Ch1-%28Bhoochetana%20Reviving%20Soils%20for%20Agriculture%29.pdf