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4-Agricultural Drought Management in Rainfed Areas of Semi-Arid Regions of South India.

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dc.contributor.author Mishra, P. K.
dc.contributor.author Adhikari, R. N.
dc.contributor.author Patil, S. L.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-15T21:27:16Z
dc.date.available 2022-06-15T21:27:16Z
dc.date.issued 2006
dc.identifier.uri http://117.252.14.250:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6865
dc.description.abstract In the semi-arid regions of South India, droughts are more common and occur either due to failure of South-West or North-East monsoon. Drought impacts on agriculture are managed by taking appropriate preventive measures through massive resource conservation like watershed programme. The effects of droughts are mitigated through conservation of rainwater both at terrace and inter-terrace level through different soil and moisture conservation measures by improving crop yields as well as water use efficiency. Adoption of different agronomic measures like selection of suitable crops, crop varieties, sowing time including mid-seasonal corrections and use of microbes that benefit the crop to combat drought can improve the crop yields and water use efficiency on sustainable basis. The runoff can be harvested in situ through farm ponds and used for crop irrigation to increase the crop productivity besides recharging groundwater as well. Site specific drought analysis to help the farmers is not being attempted at research and development level. There is a need for integrated intervention in a participatory mode to combat the drought situation by stabilizing production. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher National Institute of Hydrology en_US
dc.subject Drought management en_US
dc.subject Moisture conservation en_US
dc.subject Resource conservation en_US
dc.subject Semi-arid region en_US
dc.subject Water balance en_US
dc.subject Water harvesting en_US
dc.title 4-Agricultural Drought Management in Rainfed Areas of Semi-Arid Regions of South India. en_US
dc.type Technical Report en_US


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