<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Spatial Distribution of Rainy Season Fallows in Madhya Pradesh: Potential for Increasing Productivity and Minimizing Land Degradation.Global Theme 3: Water, Soil, and Agrobiodiversity Management for Ecosystem Health Report no. 3\r\n\r\n"^^ . " Madhya Pradesh in Central India is endowed with Vertisols and associated soils along with assured rainfall\r\n(700–1200 mm yr-1). The Vertisols contain high (40–60%) montmorillintic clay and exhibit typical swelling and\r\nshrinking characteristics under moist and dry conditions. Vertisols have poor hydraulic conductivity and conse-\r\nquently, are frequently poorly drained. Traditionally farmers grow a secured postrainy season crop on stored soil\r\nmoisture and keep the fields fallow during rainy season. The most dense region of rainy season fallowing in semi-\r\narid tropical India covers areas endowed with Vertisols.\r\n Realizing the potential of Vertisols in supporting a short-duration crop during rainy season, which\r\notherwise is left fallow, a pilot study was taken up by ICRISAT to delineate the rainy season (kharif) fallows in\r\nMadhya Pradesh. The Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-IC/-ID/-P3) Wide Field Sensor (WiFS) data acquired\r\nduring peak kharif, post-kharif, and mid-rabi cropping season was used. The analytical approach employed\r\ninvolves geo-referencing and radiometric normalization of multi-temporal WiFS data, and delineation of kharif\r\nfallows in a Silicon Graphic Work Station using ERDAS/IMAGINE software and\r\na per-pixel Gaussian maximum likelihood algorithm and limited field check. While mid-kharif and post-kharif\r\nseason WiFS data enabled detection of lands that remain fallow during kharif season, mid-rabi season WiFS data\r\nallowed further verification of the delineation since such lands have been found supporting mostly wheat crop\r\nduring rabi season. An estimated area of 2.02 million ha, accounting for 6.57% of the total area of the state is\r\nlying fallow. Utilization of kharif fallows for short-duration pulse crops like soybean may help not only to boost\r\nagriculture production but also to improve the sustainability of the agro-ecosystem and minimize land degrada-\r\ntion.\r\n"^^ . "2002" . . . "International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics "^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "R R"^^ . "Navalgund"^^ . "R R Navalgund"^^ . . "R S"^^ . "Dwivedi"^^ . "R S Dwivedi"^^ . . "A B"^^ . "Pande"^^ . "A B Pande"^^ . . "A"^^ . "Vadivelu"^^ . "A Vadivelu"^^ . . "K V"^^ . "Ramana"^^ . "K V Ramana"^^ . . "S P"^^ . "Wani"^^ . "S P Wani"^^ . . . . . . "Spatial Distribution of Rainy Season Fallows in Madhya Pradesh: Potential for Increasing Productivity and Minimizing Land Degradation.Global Theme 3: Water, Soil, and Agrobiodiversity Management for Ecosystem Health Report no. 3\r\n\r\n (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "502-2002.pdf"^^ . . . "Spatial Distribution of Rainy Season Fallows in Madhya Pradesh: Potential for Increasing Productivity and Minimizing Land Degradation.Global Theme 3: Water, Soil, and Agrobiodiversity Management for Ecosystem Health Report no. 3\r\n\r\n (Image (JPEG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Spatial Distribution of Rainy Season Fallows in Madhya Pradesh: Potential for Increasing Productivity and Minimizing Land Degradation.Global Theme 3: Water, Soil, and Agrobiodiversity Management for Ecosystem Health Report no. 3\r\n\r\n (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #3773 \n\nSpatial Distribution of Rainy Season Fallows in Madhya Pradesh: Potential for Increasing Productivity and Minimizing Land Degradation.Global Theme 3: Water, Soil, and Agrobiodiversity Management for Ecosystem Health Report no. 3 \n \n\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Land Degradation"@en . . . "Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics"@en . .