Integrated Watershed Approach : For Sustainable Crop Production

Contents Foreword Preface About the book About the editors 1 In-situ rain water conservation techniques for dryland agricultureBW Bhuibhar and AS Kadale 2 Cropping system management for sustainable crop productionVS Shinde SA Shinde and KK Zade 3 Dryland technologies for sustainable crop productionMG Umate 4 Processing technology of turmeric after harvestingKJ Kamble and SB Soni 5 Integrated nutrient management in watershedAS Dhawan 6 Production of biodiesel from jatropha through adoption of plantation in wastelandSR Kalbande and SD Vikhe 7 Agriculture implements and equipments for larger application to reduce druggery of women in watershedSN Solanki and GU Shinde 8 Live fencing system for soil and water conservation crop diversification and sustaining productivity in rainfed regionMS Pendke and SD Payal 9 Post harvest management of dryland fruit tamarindSB Soni and KJ Kamble 10 Special adaptive feature establishment and management of fruit crops under dryland conditionRM Kulkarni 11 Dryland horticultural crop management in watershedSD Jature 12 Identification of plant nutrient deficiencies by remote sensing-a case studyVD Patil 13 Integrated pest management in watershedBB Bhosle BV Bhede NR Patange and DG More14 Micro irrigation components design care and maintenanceSB Jadhav and AS Kadale 15 Impact of watershed on farmers economyDN Hedgire and TG Satpute 16 Role of agroforestry in watershed developmentsBP Sawant HW Awari and AM Kamble 17 Effect of mulches on production of summer groundnut cropSN Pawar AS Kadale and AA Waghmare 18 Integrated watershed management crop growth modelling can bring changeUM Khodke 19 Evapotranspiration estimation for water balance in watershedUM Khodke and HG Gundekar 20 Study of relationship between unit farm power and food grains productivityRG Nadre 21 Fertigation an efficient technique of fertilizer applicationAS Kadale DV Raut and SB Jadhav Our contributors Subject indexThis publication is election of lectures delivered by eminent scientist in short course on ?Integrated Watershed Approach For Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Crop Production in Rainfed Region sponsored by the Indian council of Agricultural Research New Delhi and organized by Department of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Marathwada Agricultural University Parbhani during January 2-11 2008This book covers the various aspects of integrated watershed approach like components of integrated watershed approach planning of watershed watershed based soil and water conservation activities land use crop management dry land agriculture horticulture agroforestry soil management live stock production and peoples participationThe publication gives a comprehensive information on integrated watershed approach and would serve as a useful source of reference material for teachers researchers scientists policy makers planners administrators extension workers and NGO?s working in the field of watershed development 248 pp.…