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Title: | TACKLING DROUGHT MADE EASY |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | SS GREWAL |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR::Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation |
Published/ Complete Date: | 1985-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | DROUGHTS TACKILING |
Publisher: | Not Available |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | N DROUGHTS ARE VERY FAMILIAR TO THE FARMERS LIVING IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SHIWALIKS RANGES WHERE NEITHER CANAL NOR TUBEWELL IRRIGATION IS POSSIBLE. THE YEAR 1984-85 BROUGHT ONE OF THE SEVEREST DROUGHTS OF THE RECENT PAST WHEN THE MONSOON RAINFALL WAS ALMOST 30% OF NORMAL AND WINTER RAINS COMPLETELY FAILED. LARGE NUMBER OF FARMERS IN THE REGION COULD NOT SOW CROPS AND THOSE WHO DID HAD NOTHING TO HARVEST. THOUGH THE MEAN ANNUAL RAINFALL OF THE REGION IS 1100MM, THE DENUDED HILLS WASTE 50 TO 60% OF SAME AS RUNOFF. THE COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF EXCESS MONSOON RAINWATER FROM SMALL HILLY CATCHMENTS BY CONSTRUCTING EARTHEN DAMS AND UTILIZATION OF THE STORED WATER TO STABILISE RAINFED AGRICULTURE HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO TACKLE DROUGHTS. PAPER DESCRIBES AS TO HOW SOME OF THE SEVERE DROUGHTS COULD NOT CREATE SERIOUS IMPACT ON SUKHOMAJRI FARMERS WHERE SUCH MODELS WERE DEVELOPED AND TESTED. |
Description: | Not Available |
ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Research Paper |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | FARMER'S JOURNAL |
Volume No.: | 5(2) |
Page Number: | 28-29 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/42369 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-IISWC-Publication |
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