scholarly journals Knowledge Level on Soil Health Management among Soil Health Card Holders of Namakkal District, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 455-459
Author(s):  
N. Dhivya ◽  
R. Rajasekaran ◽  
T. Dhamodaran ◽  
R. Pangayar Selvi
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Health Card ◽  
Structural Deterioration ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Four Blocks

Aims: Soil structural deterioration and degradation is a major concern in the present-day agriculture scenario. Poor soil health directly affects the health of the plant and its productivity; indirectly the health of human beings as well as animals. So, scientific knowledge of soil management on the part of the farmer-producers is necessary. So, the main aim of the study is to identify the knowledge level on soil health management among the soil health card holders. Study Design:  Ex-post facto research. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the Namakkal district of Tamilnadu during the months of July-August 2021. All the selected respondents were the holders of soil health card as it contains physical and chemical characteristics of soil, they have a working knowledge of research problem and were able to provide responses. Methodology: Data were collected by using a pre-tested and structured questionnaire through a face-to-face interview method. The sample size is 120 selected from four blocks of Namakkal district. The statistical analysis applied were frequency distribution, percentage analysis, mean, and standard deviation. Results: The study shows that more than half of the soil health card holders (55.83 percent) had an overall high level of knowledge about soil health management practices. Conclusion: The soil health card scheme was brought to bring improvement of soil health in the long run by farmers all over the country. Thus, the knowledge of soil health management practices including modern technology can be disseminated to a greater extent for the benefit of the farmers including non-holders of soil health cards through formal and informal meetings and training.

scholarly journals Soil health for improved food securities : an extension professional perspective

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Todd Elmer Lorenz
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Rural Sociology ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Professional Perspective

This trial study examines barriers to the diffusion and adoption of an agricultural concept surrounding soil health as an improved management tool which has most recently been introduced into production agriculture. For this study, a small sample set of perceived early adopters of soil health management practices were interviewed for their perspective on the subject of diffusion of innovation in soil health. Rogers' (1995) diffusion of innovation serves as the theoretical underpinning for this study. Where "an idea, practice or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption". H. F. Lionberger from the Department of Rural Sociology at University of Missouri was one of the contributing authors and had previous publications (Lionberger, 1957, 1960; Lionberger and Gwin, 1991). While diffusion of innovation has provided an overview of how information is diffused and adopted for Extension professionals, academia, and students, its use in discerning the adoption of soil health management practices has not been examined previously. There were both differences and similarities in what experiences, attitudes, and beliefs shaped the early adoption of Soil Health practices and how each interviewee perceived the most limiting factor 38 of adoption from other producers. Similarities included 1) family farm lived in diffusion of innovations. 2) economic concerns and 3) education is key while differences included perception of older folks as slow adopters. Even though the number sampled was small, N=2 for this study, the differences between the young and older age groups were characterized as "Blinding Energy" and "Earned Wisdom" respectively.

scholarly journals Soil Health Assessment and Management: Recent Development in Science and Practices

Soil Systems ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Mingxin Guo
Keyword(s):  
Cover Crops ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Conservation Tillage ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Scientific Validity ◽  
Health Card ◽  
Research Education

In the past decade soil health has been intensively studied as a science and practiced as a means to help improve the global social, environmental, and economic sustainability. This paper reviews the recent advances of the scientific soil health system. The current understanding and interpretation of soil health from the perspectives of soil functions, processes, and properties is summarized. Multi-tier soil health indicators were selected from relevant soil physical, chemical, and biological parameters. A suite of soil health assessment methods have been developed, such as soil health card, Solvita soil health tests, Haney soil health test, and comprehensive assessment of soil health. An array of soil health management practices have been recommended, including proper land use, crop rotation, cover crops, conservation tillage, soil organic amendment, crop-range-livestock integration, and rotational grazing. Overall, the recommended soil health indicators and assessment methods need further validation and improvement in relevance, scientific validity, practicality, and local adaptation. Continuous research, education, and outreach efforts are warranted to promote localized development, adoption, and implementation of soil health assessment and management.

scholarly journals Secondary and Micronutrient Management Practices in Organic Farming- An Overview

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 04-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Anand ◽  
H.D Shiva Kumar ◽  
Poojitha Kommireddy ◽  
K.N.Kalyana Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Soil Productivity ◽  
Nutrient Deficiencies ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Chemical Fertilizers ◽  
Quality Food

Modern agriculture, no doubt has paved the way for “Green Revolution”, but it has led to the application of heavy doses of chemical fertilizers and pesticides with the sole objective of maximizing the yield. The unbalanced and continuous use of chemical fertilizers in intensive cropping system is causing deterioration of soil health, multi-nutrient deficiencies, low productivity, poor quality and environmental hazards. Poor quality of food and fodder has caused serious health problems and disorders in both animals and human beings. Now, the agriculture research is focused on evolving ecologically sound, biologically sustainable and socio economically viable technologies like organic farming which includes local organic sources of nutrients without using chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Adoption of organic farming minimizes the environmental pollution and maintain long-term soil fertility by improving soil organic matter and essential plant nutrients including secondary and micronutrients. For producing quality food by sustaining the soil productivity and soil health are the challenges before us on one side and minimizing the pressure on non renewable sources or limited available sources on other hand needs immediate attention by all the stakeholders engaged in agriculture. Application of technologies available in organic farming and use of all locally available organic sources particularly on farm biomass which are rich in secondary and micronutrients will meet the twin objective of quality food production and reducing the pressure on non renewable resources.

scholarly journals Soil health management practices and crop productivity

ael ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace L. Miner ◽  
Jorge A. Delgado ◽  
James A. Ippolito ◽  
Catherine E. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Crop Productivity

scholarly journals Phosphorus and Soil Health Management Practices

ael ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 190014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily W. Duncan ◽  
Deanna L. Osmond ◽  
Amy L. Shober ◽  
Laura Starr ◽  
Peter Tomlinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Soil Health

Knowledge level of farmers about soil health card scheme

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Sheetal ◽  
Manmeet Kaur ◽  
Akash Tanwar
Keyword(s):  
Soil Health ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Health Card

scholarly journals Usage of soil health card in crop management practices for doubling the farmers’ income

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1314-1317
Author(s):  
P. S. Shehrawat ◽  
Aditya Aditya ◽  
Nidhi Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Soil Type ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Farmyard Manure ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Sequence Information ◽  
Cropping Pattern ◽  
Health Card

The data was collected from 15 selected villages from Sirsa district (Haryana), India during Rural Agricultural Work Experience program of B.Sc. (Hons.) Ag.(Final Year students) in 2017.Ninety farmers were selected, randomly. The study revealed that the 61.33 % of farmers were found aware about the SHC and farmers are found aware that ‘SHC studies soil health’ (56.34%), ‘it is a Govt. of India’s scheme’ (57.34%), ‘helped to reduce the input cost’ (53.67%), ‘give soil nutrient status’ (57.34%) and ‘it contain the soil type information’ (56.34%), ‘SHC contain the cropping pattern information’, ‘crop sequence information’ and ‘fertilizers dosages’ with 47.00 %, 47.34 % and 56.67 %, respectively. 53.66 % of farmers were aware ‘SHC helps to maintain the soil fertility’, ‘increases productivity of crops’ ‘judicious application of fertilizers’ and ‘soil-related constraints’with 53.00 %, 53.67% and 53.34 %, respectively. While, 47.00 % respondents were aware about the soil fertility map and SHC issued for three years with only 40.67 % of farmers. 56.67% of farmers had opinion that ‘SHC provides the dose of organic manure’ and ‘an idea of fertilizer’s usage pattern’ followed by ‘information about crop grown suited to soil type’ (54.44%). 53.33%farmers had opinion that ‘it helps to increase the organic matter in soil’, ‘timely management of fertilizers’ and ‘improve the quality of produce’. Further, 50.00% farmers had opinion that ‘provide the dose of farmyard manure (FYM)/ compost’ and ‘provides the dose of lime and gypsum’.  These findings are of noval nature based on primary data collected directly from farmers. The study soil health is of very much importance for motivating farmers to use balanced fertilizers application for all field crops.

scholarly journals Mapping Conservation Management Practices and Outcomes in the Corn Belt Using the Operational Tillage Information System (OpTIS) and the Denitrification–Decomposition (DNDC) Model

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 408
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Hagen ◽  
Grace Delgado ◽  
Peter Ingraham ◽  
Ian Cooke ◽  
Richard Emery ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Conservation Tillage ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Corn Belt ◽  
Field Scale ◽  
Wide Range

Identifying and quantifying conservation-practice adoption in U.S. cropland is key to accurately monitoring trends in soil health regionally and nationally and informing climate change mitigation efforts. We present the results of an automated system used across 645 counties in the United States Corn Belt from 2005 to 2018, mapped at field-scale and summarized for distribution at aggregated scales. Large-scale mapping by OpTIS (Operational Tillage Information System), a software tool that analyzes remotely sensed data of agricultural land, provides trends of conservation tillage (defined as >30% residue cover), cover cropping, and crop rotations, while modeling by DNDC (Denitrification–Decomposition), a process-based model of carbon and biogeochemistry in soil, provides estimates of the ecosystem outcomes associated with the changes in management practices mapped by OpTIS. Ground-truthing data acquired via OpTIS mobile, a roadside field-surveying app, were used for verification in 30 counties. OpTIS results for the Corn Belt show adoption of cover crops after planting corn and soy increased from 1% to 3% of the mapped area when comparing 2006 to 2018. Comparison of trends for conservation tillage use from 2006 to 2018 shows a slight decrease in conservation tillage adoption, from 46% to 44%. Results from DNDC show these soils sequestered soil organic carbon (SOC) at an area-weighted mean change in SOC (dSOC) rate of 161 kgC/ha/year. Comparatively, in a scenario modeled without the adoption of soil health management practices, the same soils would have lost SOC at an area-weighted rate of −65 kgC/ha/year. As many factors affect changes to SOC, including climate and initial SOC in soils, modeling counterfactual scenarios at the field scale demonstrates outcomes of current soil health management in comparison to regional management practices and best management practices, with respect to SOC sequestration. Regional trends in adoption rates of conservation agriculture and resulting soil health implications are of great use for a wide range of stakeholders. We demonstrate the capability of OpTIS remote sensing to deliver robust, large-scale, multi-sensor, ground-verified monitoring data of current and historical adoption of conservation practices, and of DNDC process-based modeling to provide assessments of the associated environmental outcomes across regions in U.S. cropland.

Exploring rice residue management practices focusing environmental pollution and soil health in six major rice growing upazilas of Mymensingh district in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-189
Author(s):  
MA Mondol ◽  
AH Sani ◽  
KF Usha ◽  
S Marzia ◽  
P Biswash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Residue Management ◽  
Soil Productivity ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Cattle Feeding ◽  
Animal Bedding ◽  
Rice Residues

The study was conducted in the six major rice growing upazilas under the district of Mymensingh of Bangladesh during the period from January to December 2018. The purpose of the study was to find out the present status of rice residue management practices focusing on the environmental pollution and soil health. The data were collected from randomly selected 300 respondents with the help of pre-designed respective questionnaire to serve the objectives of the study. The results indicated that most of the respondents were illiterate and they have lack of knowledge on environmental pollution and soil health. About 54.33% of the respondents (163) managed their rice residues by incorporation, about 2.3% of respondent (7) open burning and 43.33% of the respondents (130) collected for other use as cattle feeding, cooking fuel, animal bedding, roofs of house making etc. There was a good sign for the environment as a few number of respondents used their rice residues as burning. About 33.66% of the respondents (95) reported that burning is harmful for environment, create breathing problems, 48.33% of the respondents (145) have no idea about this and 9.33% of the respondents (28) said burning produce toxic gas. About 47.66% of the respondents (143) had given opinion to increase soil fertility, 15% of the respondents (45) said increases soil productivity, 13.3% of the respondents (41) said reduce chemical fertilizer using and 9% of the respondents (27) said decrease soil erosion. Some of the respondents said that, rice residue incorporation in soil saves money (5.66%), easy to apply (18.66%), eco-friendly (3.66) and have no idea about it (72%). About 55% respondents were satisfied in existing residues management system whereas 45% have given negative responses. Management of rice residues have faced the problem as lack of available labors (48%), costly (9%), lack of storing place (25.66%), lack of modern technology (12.66%). Most (70.66%) of the respondents (212) were collected information of residue management and environment pollution by the television and radio programmes. Finally, it can be said that, with the highest production of rice in our country, a huge number of residues are also produced. Rice residues may cause environmental pollutions and soil health degradation. Proper management is needed to overcome this environmental pollution as well as soil health degradation through enhancing suitable and environment friendly residue management practices. Progressive Agriculture 31 (3): 178-189, 2020

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