Chapter 5: Evaluation of Shrink‒Swell Soils in Semi‒Arid Regions of Central India for Soil Resource Management and Sustainable Agriculture

2017 ◽  
pp. 105-144
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Central India ◽  
Soil Resource ◽  
Semi Arid

Water Resources Management in the Semi-Arid Central Valley of California

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
J. J. Vasconcelos
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Ground Water ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Central Valley ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Ground Water Resource ◽  
Semi Arid

Hater resource managers in semi-arid regions are faced with some unique problems. The wide variations in precipitation and stream flows in semi-arid regions increase man's dependence on the ground water resource for an ample and reliable supply of water. Proper management of the ground water resource is absolutely essential to the economic well being of semi-arid regions. Historians have discovered the remains of vanished advanced civilizations based on irrigated agriculture which were ignorant of the importance of proper ground water resource management. In the United States a great deal of effort is presently being expended in the study and control of toxic discharges to the ground water resource. What many public policy makers fail to understand is that the potential loss to society resulting from the mineralization of the ground water resource is potentially much greater than the loss caused by toxic wastes discharges, particularly in developing countries. Appropriations for ground water resource management studies in developed countries such as the United States are presently much less than those for toxic wastes management and should be increased. It is the reponsibility of the water resource professional to emphasize to public policy makers the importance of ground water resource management. Applications of ground water resource management models in the semi-arid Central Valley of California are presented. The results demonstrate the need for proper ground water resource management practices in semi-arid regions and the use of ground water management models as a valuable tool for the water resource manager.

Assessment of Fluoride Pollution in Groundwaters of Arid and Semi-arid Regions of Tonalite–Trondjhemite Series in Central India

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asmaa Naaz ◽  
Bijendar Kumar ◽  
Chandravir Narayan ◽  
Kriti Shukla ◽  
Anshumali
Keyword(s):  
Arid Regions ◽  
Central India ◽  
Fluoride Pollution ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Resource Management Domains of Kharif and Rabi Season Fallows in Central Plateau Region of India: A Strategy for Accelerated Agricultural Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj Gupta ◽  
Nirmal Kumar ◽  
SK Singh ◽  
Rabi N. Sahoo ◽  
IP Abrol
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Indian Mustard ◽  
Central India ◽  
Rain Water ◽  
Residue Management ◽  
Central Plateau ◽  
Management Domains ◽  
Semi Arid

Over last few decades, acreage of total fallow lands (Kharif and Rabi seasons) in India has remained almost unchanged around 25Mha. The acreage of Kharif (summer) and Rabi (winter) Fallows in Madhya Pradesh (MP) are 1.98Mha and 5.51Mha, respectively. In the semi-arid agroclimatic zones of the states, Fallow-Wheat/Gram/Indian-Mustard cropping systems are practiced. After harvest of Kharif rice, kodo-kutki, maize or sorghum, farmers generally practice post-rainy season Rabi fallows in the sub-humid regions, south of Narmada River. Kharif fallowing is largely the result of the inability of the farmers to make planting dates independent of monsoon forecasts, and make efficient use of rain water. It appears that factors responsible for Kharif and Rabi fallows are distinctly different and a general consequence of distinctly different soil moisture regimes prevailing in the two crop seasons. Kharif and Rabi fallows have two distinct resource management domains. Whereas, Kharif fallows can be tackled with “PMP-dry seeding” agronomy, production constraints of Rabi fallows can be substantively tackled by shifting from tilled to zero-till agriculture with residue management to make efficient use of the conserved rain water. Some irrigation support will prove useful to tackle mid-season droughts in both situations. Conservation agricultural practices can significantly improve and stabilize crop yields in black soils and other associated soils of in the semi-arid tropics region of the Central India.

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