Crop Modelling for Land Use Planning

Contents Preface About the author About the book 1 Yield prediction - crop models and their applicationAditya Kumar Singh 2 AquaCrop - the FAO crop model to simulate yield response to waterAditya Kumar Singh 3 The AquaCrop environment - the FAO crop model to simulate yield responses to waterAditya Kumar Singh 4 Yield gap analysis modelling of achievable yields at farm levelAditya Kumar Singh 5 Soil variability formation profile development and horizon description for crop planningRS Singh 6 Soil survey and mapping techniqueTP Verma and Rameshwar Singh 7 Practical on base maps toposheets cadastral maps and image interpretationTP Verma and BL Tailor 8 Soil site characterization for crop specific FAO land suitability evaluationBL Jain 9 Agro-ecological assessment of soil resources of Rajasthan for land use planningBL Jain 10 New vistas in perspective of land use planningRL Shyampura 11 Characterization of soil hydraulic properties in farm scale for application of crop growth modelsPriyabrata Santra 12 Geostatistical application for characterization of soil in a farm scalePriyabrata Santra 13 Delineation of micro watershedPK Singh 14 Watershed characterization for land use planningRS Singh and SS Sharma 15 Resource characterization of micro watershed - a case study of Changeri Micro watershed Udaipur RajasthanAditya Kumar Singh RL Shyampura and Rameshwar Singh 16 Role of remote sensing in crop modellingDK Das 17 Geographic information system fundamentals and usesManoj Mahla 18 Application of remote sensing and GIS in management of soil and water resources and land use planningDK Das 19 Contingency crop planning for dryland areas in relation to climate changeNL Joshi 20 Climate change and agriculture the Indian perspectiveSPS Tanwar and Aditya Kumar Singh 21 Conservation agriculture the way forward for IndiaSPS Tanwar and Aditya Kumar Singh 22 Contingent crop planning for aberrant weather conditionsPL Maliwal 23 Soil test crop response as a key component of crop modellingVK Saini and RS Yadav 24 Concept of growing period for land use planningDK Mandal 25 Crop growth models and their application for land evaluationMV Venugopalan 26 Crop modeling under rainfed agricultureDK Mandal 27 InfoCrop a dynamic simulation model for the assessment of crop yields losses due to pests and environmental impact of agro-ecosystems in tropical environments I Model descriptionsPK Aggarwal N Kalra S Chander and H Pathak 28 InfoCrop model and its applicationsMV Venugopalan 29 The Rhizosphere an important factor for crop modelingRS Yadav AV Agalodiya SI Patel and VK Saini 30 Production potential prediction of maize based on edaphic characters in AESR 42 of Udaipur district RajasthanAditya Kumar Singh RS Singh and Dilip Singh 31 Modeling soybean yield in different type of soils in AESR 42 of Udaipur RajasthanAditya Kumar Singh and RS Singh 33 Mustard yield prediction based on soil site characters in Udaipur RajasthanAditya Kumar Singh and RS Singh 34 Modelling wheat yield in relation to soil characteristics and management practices in Udaipur RajasthanAditya Kumar Singh and RS Singh Selected References Subject IndexLand use planning under multiple and partly conflicting development goals with increasing competition for scarce resources is complex and planners need tools such as models and expert systems to make the issues transparent and identify feasible solutionsStrategic agricultural planning needs to identity the most relevant issues for a given region Planners need to all avail themselves of quantitative information on optimum land use allocation under a given set of goals and constraints A key to resolving potential conflicts between the required increase in productivity and farmers income and the conservation of water soil and other natural resources is to identity production systems and technologies that make optimum use of external inputs and natural resources and avoid natural resources degradation and policy measures supporting their adoption f.