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Agro-Eco Sub region Based Crop Planning in the Black Soil Regions and Indo-Gangetic Plains – Application of Soil Information System

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http://dx.doi.org/10.16943/ptinsa/2015/v81i5/48335
10.16943/ptinsa/2015/v81i5/48335
 
Title Agro-Eco Sub region Based Crop Planning in the Black Soil Regions and Indo-Gangetic Plains – Application of Soil Information System
 
Creator Bhattacharyya, T
Mandal, C
Mandal, D K
Prasad, J
Tiwary, P
Venugopalan, M V
Pal, D K
 
Subject Soil
Soil Science
 
Description Agro-Ecological Sub-Regions (AESRs) of the country were conceptualized using limited soil data and accordingly a map
was generated way back in 1994. The present paper revisits the AESR concept to revise this map with the help of georeferenced
soil information system (GeoSIS) recently developed at the sub-country levels of the Black Soil Region (BSR)
and the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP). GeoSIS has been proved to be an excellent tool in successful application of Agro-
Ecological Sub Regions (AESRs) at the regional and national levels. This novel approach could narrow the knowledge gap
in revising the soil and agro-management technologies, used in dry land agriculture for productivity enhancement with
special reference to the BSR dominated by cotton and soybean cropping systems. For the IGP, similar approach was used
for the rice-wheat cropping systems. Revised AESR map identifies the areas under different level of productivity of these
four important crops of two major food-growing regions of the country. The identified areas in the form of thematic maps
shall help the planners and land resource managers to prioritize areas for resource management.
 
Publisher Indian National Science Academy
 
Date 2015-12
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9714/1/Vol81_2015_5_Art05.pdf
Bhattacharyya, T and Mandal, C and Mandal, D K and Prasad, J and Tiwary, P and Venugopalan, M V and Pal, D K (2015) Agro-Eco Sub region Based Crop Planning in the Black Soil Regions and Indo-Gangetic Plains – Application of Soil Information System. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 81 (05). pp. 1151-1170. ISSN 0370-0046