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Not AvailableTHE HILLS OF SOUTHERN INDIA HAVE LARGE AREAS WITH SOIL EROSION PROBLEM DUE TO UP AND DOWN OR FAULTY CULTIVATION PRACTICES ON THE HILL SLOPES , LARGE SCALE DEFORESTATION , OVERGRAZING , INDUSTRIALIZATION AND URBANISATION . SOIL EROSION CAUSES SILTATION OF RESERVOIRS BUILT AT THE COST OF CRORES OF RUPEES. IT FURTHER CAUSES LOSS OF FERTILE TOP SOIL , DESERTIFICATION , FREQUENT LANDSLIDES AND LANDSLIPS , FLOODS, DROUGHTS AND SHORTAGE IN THE PRODUCTION OF FOOD , FODDER FUEL, FIBRE AND FRUIT AND THUS LEADING TO ECOLOGICAL IMBALANCE AND ECONOMIC INSECURITY OF PEOPLE. TO ARREST SOIL, EROSION IN THE HILLS , SOIL CONSERVATION MEASURES ARE TO BE ADOPTED ON WATERSHED BASIS, SINCE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND SUGGESTS EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO CONTROL THE PROBLEM OF SOIL AND WATER EROSION IN THESE AREAS,Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE STUDY BRINGS OUT THAT ANNUAL PRECIPITATION OF DOON VALLEY VARIES FROM 1500-2000 MM OF WHICH 75-80% IS RECEIVED FROM MID JUNE TO MID SEPTEMBER ( MAIN GROWING SEASON FOR KHARIF CROPS). THE PERIOD FROM MID SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER IS USUALLY DRY AND MOISTURE DEFICIENT AT THE SOWING TIME OF BARLEY CROP. TO OVERCOME THIS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO COLLECT ABOUT 20% OF THE RAINFALL INTO THE FARM POND WHICH OTHERWISE GOES AS WASTE. THIS STORED WATER COULD BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT THE WINTER RAINFALL OF 15CM. EVEN THOUGH BARLEY IS A DROUGHT TOLERANT CROP, ITS YIELD CAN BE IMPROVED WITH APPLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE PAPER HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF RAINWATER HARVESTING FOR MAXIMIZING CROP PRODUCTION IN RAINFED AREAS, OCCUPYING ABOUT 72% OF THE TOTAL ARABLE LAND IN THE COUNTRY.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableINDIA'S EXPERIENCE REVIEWED AND ANALYSED IN THIS PAPER SHOWS THAT MOST IMPORTANT PRE- REQUISITE FOR MANAGEMENT OF COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES ( CPRs) ON SUSTAINED BASIS IS THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAMME. THE EXPERIENCE IN THIS REGARD SHOWS THAT NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS EG HILL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY (HRMS) , ARE WELL- ORIENTED TO ENLIST PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION AND HAVE NECESSARY SKILL AND PATIENCE TO WORK WITH THEM, TO MOTIVATE AND TRAIN THEM AND THERBY EMPOWER THEM SO THAT THEY COULD IDENTIFY THEIR PROBLEMS, SOLVE THEM ON THEIR EVENTUALLY AND ALSO ACT AS SOCIAL FENCING TO THE CPRs.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE EXTENT , MAGNITUDE AND CAUSES OF LAND DEGRADATION IN INDIA , THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF ARRESTING SOIL EROSION IN THE FIVE YEAR PLANS INCLUDING THE PROPOSAL IN EIGHTH FIVE YEAR PLAN HAVE BEEN REVIEWED IN THE PAPER. THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CENTRAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE , DEHRADUN IN DEVELOPING SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY FOR HILLY REGIONS, RAVINE REGIONS AND SEMI- ARID BLACK SOIL REGIONS AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BY WAY OF LAB- TO LAND PROGRAMMES AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. THE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION RESEARCH PRIORITIES AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES IN THE MICRO- WATERSHED PROGRAMME HAVE ALSO BEEN INDICATED IN THE PAPERNot Availabl

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Not AvailableNo APPRECIATING THE SUCCESSFUL FORMULATION AND EFFECTIVE EXECUTION OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS ON WATERSHED MANAGEMENT BASIS BY THE CSWCRTI , DEHRADUN , THE INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ENTRUSTED THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE INSTITUTE AND ITS RESEARCH CENTRES TO PREPARE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR 18 WATERSHEDS LOCATED IN BACKWARD REMOTE AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. THE AUTHOR HAS GIVEN DETAILS REGARDING THE BACKGROUND , IMPORTANCE, COMPONENTS AND AREAS OF THESE WATERSHED PLANS IN THIS ARTICLE.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE PAPER HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECTS, FORMULATED AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE CSWCRTI , DEHRADUN RESEARCH CENTRES THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY IN DIFFERENT AGRO- CLIMATIC REGIONS. THE EXPERIENCE GAINED BY THE INSTITUTE IN THIS REGARD CAN SERVE AS A MODEL FOR ALL CONCERNED TO EMULATE. THE PAPER SUGGESTS THAT WATERSHED MANAGEMENT CONCEPT DESERVES TO BE TAKEN UP IN A MUCH LARGER SCALE THAN AT PRESENT.Not Availabl