<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture in Ringnodia Micro-watershed"^^ . "The current productivity of rainfed lands in Madhya Pradesh, India is about 1.0 t ha-1 although there is\r\nscope to obtain >3 t ha-1. To assess and evaluate the potential of improved soil, water, and nutrient\r\nmanagement options through integrated watershed management at Ringnodia in Indore in western\r\nMadhya Pradesh, a micro-watershed of 390 ha was delineated. Soybean is a major crop during the rainy\r\nseason and yield of <1 t ha-1 is obtained in the micro-watershed. Landholdings in the watershed are\r\ngenerally small. The input use is low with little soil and water conservation measures in vogue among\r\nfarmers. About 30–40% of the total rainfall is lost through runoff, carrying productive soils and nutrients\r\nwhile crops experienced drought stress in the rainy as well as postrainy seasons. With a critical advisory\r\nsupport from scientists, the watershed farmers could augment water storage capacity in the village\r\nthrough construction of percolation/storage tanks and renovation of existing ponds. For safe disposal of\r\nwater from the watershed, waterways were developed and wire mesh bound boulder structures were\r\nconstructed to reduce soil loss and runoff. These water storage structures could store up to 30 ha-m water\r\nrepresenting about 70% of total runoff from 100 ha cultivated area and thus reduce runoff and soil losses.\r\nThis increased groundwater recharge, which manifested in increased water table in most wells including\r\nthe abandoned ones.\r\nThe scenario analysis suggested various cropping options for enhanced yield with limited irrigation\r\n(soybean-wheat) or under rainfed conditions (pigeonpea/sorghum intercrop). Sorghum/pigeonpea\r\nintercrop was, however, less popular amongst the farmers. The introduction of extra-short-duration\r\npigeonpea opened avenues for diversification and its adoption is likely to increase. Under rainfed\r\nconditions, double cropping could be practiced in two out of three postrainy seasons. Soybean yields\r\nincreased marginally by gypsum application and also by planting on mini-ridges. The medium-duration\r\nchickpea cultivar JG 218 gave higher yield than short-duration cultivars ICCV 2 and ICCC 37 indicating\r\nsufficient moisture for the traditional types. Pests were the major yield reducers in soybean and adoption of\r\nintegrated pest management options nearly tripled soybean yield.\r\nIn another micro-watershed at the College of Agriculture, Indore interaction between land and water\r\nconservation measures and efficient cropping systems was examined. Soybean/pigeonpea strip crop and\r\nsoybean-wheat systems were more productive than soybean-chickpea and soybean-linseed systems.\r\nChickpea and wheat could easily be established with minimum tillage when planted in moist seed zone at\r\n15 cm depth after the harvest of soybean"^^ . "2001" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "O P"^^ . "Verma"^^ . "O P Verma"^^ . . "G P"^^ . "Saraf"^^ . "G P Saraf"^^ . . "R S "^^ . "Nema"^^ . "R S Nema"^^ . . "Y S"^^ . "Chauhan"^^ . "Y S Chauhan"^^ . . "M C"^^ . "Chaurasia"^^ . "M C Chaurasia"^^ . . "Y M"^^ . "Kool"^^ . "Y M Kool"^^ . . "R A"^^ . "Sharma "^^ . "R A Sharma "^^ . . . . "Integrated Watershed Management for Land and Water Conservation and Sustainable Agricultural Production in Asia. Proceedings of the ADB-ICRISAT-IWMI Project Review and Planning Meeting"^^ . . . . . "Hanoi, Vietnam"^^ . . . . . . "Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture in Ringnodia Micro-watershed (PDF)"^^ . . . "Proceedings-integrated-watershed-management_134-148.pdf"^^ . . . "Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture in Ringnodia Micro-watershed (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture in Ringnodia Micro-watershed (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture in Ringnodia Micro-watershed (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture in Ringnodia Micro-watershed (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture in Ringnodia Micro-watershed (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #5348 \n\nImproving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture in Ringnodia Micro-watershed\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Watershed Management"@en . .