Authors
Bhattacharyya, RanjanGhosh, Birendra
Dogra, Pradeep
Mishra, Prasanta
Santra, Priyabrata
Kumar, Suresh
Fullen, Michael A.
Mandal, Uttam
Anil, Kokkuvayil
Lalitha, Manickam
Sarkar, Dibyendu
Mukhopadhyay, Dibyendu
Das, Krishnendu
Pal, Madan
Yadav, Rajbir
Chaudhary, Ved
Parmar, Brajendra
Issue Date
2016-06-18
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Despite years of study and substantial investment in remediation and prevention, soil erosion continues to be a major environmental problem with regard to land use in India and elsewhere around the world. Furthermore, changing climate and/or weather patterns are exacerbating the problem. Our objective was to review past and current soil conservation programmes in India to better understand how production-, environmental-, social-, economic- and policy-related issues have affected soil and water conservation and the incentives needed to address the most critical problems. We found that to achieve success in soil and water conservation policies, institutions and operations must be co-ordinated using a holistic approach. Watershed programmes have been shown to be one of the most effective strategies for bringing socio-economic change to different parts of India. Within both dryland and rainfed areas, watershed management has quietly revolutionized agriculture by aligning various sectors through technological soil and water conservation interventions and land-use diversification. Significant results associated with various watershed-scale soil and water conservation programmes and interventions that were effective for reducing land degradation and improving productivity in different parts of the country are discussed.Citation
(2016) 'Soil Conservation Issues in India', Sustainability, 8 (6)Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, SwitzerlandJournal
SustainabilityAdditional Links
http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/6/565Type
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enISSN
2071-1050ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3390/su8060565
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