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Not AvailableTHE AUTHOR HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED AND USEFULNESS OF ADOPTION OF EFFECTIVE MOISTURE CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES SUCH AS IN-SITU CONSERVATION OF RAINFALL, WATER HARVESTING IN FARM PONDS , MULCHING AND THE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF WATER FOR INCREASING CROP YIELDS IN BLACK SOIL, DRY AREAS IN KARNATAKA REGION. IMPROVED AGRONOMIC PRACTICE LIKE MULCHING , SEEDING TIME, SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION ETC, HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED WITH THE SUPPORT OF DATA.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE AUTHOR EMPHASISES THAT WITH SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES AND BY ADOPTION OF SUITABLE SOIL AND MOISTURE CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES ALONG WITH IMPROVED AGRONOMIC PRACTICE, CROP YIELDS CAN BE INCREASED APPRECIABLY IN RAINFED BLACK SOILS WHICH ARE BASICALLY POOR IN ORGANIC MATTER , NITROGEN AND PHOSPHOROUS CONTENT.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableIN THE CONTEXT OF PENINSULAR INDIA, VARIOUS CONSTRAINTS IN TERMS OF CLIMATE , PHYSICAL FEATURES, SOIL TYPES AND THE CONSEQUENT SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED . THEN THE PAPER DESCRIBES DIFFERENT CONSERVATION MEASURES FOR STEEP SLOPES, FLAT LANDS, SWAMPS, GULLIES , HILLS , HUMID REGION OF WESTERN GHATS , SEMI- ARID REGION, RIVER BEDS , COASTAL AREAS.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE ARTICLE GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BLACK SOILS WHICH ARE SPREAD OVER A LARGE AREA THE PENINSULAR INDIA. IT PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OBTAINED AT RESEARCH CENTRE , BELLARY KARNATAK STATE WITH REGARD TO VARIOUS SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES INCLUDING MECHANICAL STRUCTURES , WATER HARVESTING TECHNIQUES , CONTOUR CULTIVATION ETC. IT ALSO DEALS WITH, IN DETAIL THE IMPROVED AGRONOMIC PRACTICES CROPS AND HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES OF JOWAR AND SAFFLOWER. THE ALTERNATIVE MEASURES FOR APPROPRIATE LAND USE UNDER DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE ALSO ELABORATED.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE PAPER HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF AGROFORESTRY FOR SUSTAINED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PARTICULARLY IN SEMI- ARID BLACK SOIL REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF AGROFORESTRY PERTAINING TO AGRI- SILVICULTURE , ALLEY CROPPING SILVI- PASTURE AND ALTERNATIVE LAND USE HAVE BEEN ELABORATED AND SUITABLE SPECIES OF TREE/SHRUBS/ GRASSES FOR EACH OF THEM AND ALSO ON VARIOUS SOIL CONSERVATION STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED . ESTIMATED YIELDS OF FOOD, FUEL AND FODDER DUE TO THE ADOPTION OF SUCH AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS HAVE ALSO BEEN SHOWN THROUGH DIAGRAMS.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE STUDIES ON SAFFLOWER MANAGEMENT CONDUCTED AT BELLARY ( KARNATAKA) WITH REGARD TO SOWING PERIOD, SOIL CONSTRAINTS , AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS AND CONSERVATION MEASURES IN OPERATIONAL WATERSHEDS SHOWED THAT SOWING PERIOD COULD BE EXTENDED BY THREE FORTNIGHTS , CROP PRODUCTION COULD BE MAINTAINED UNDER SLOPE AND DEPTH CONSTRAINTS AND SAFFLOWER WAS MORE EFFICIENT IN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS THAN SORGHUM. LIKE IN OPERATIONAL WATERHSHED AT JOLADARASI ( KARNATAKA) MORE AND MORE FARMERS ARE ADOPTING SAFFLOWER CULTIVATION IN THIS REGION.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE PAPER DISCUSSES THE USE OF LIFE - SAVING IRRIGATION FROM RUNOFF WATER TO THE CROP OF COTTON DURING CRITICAL STAGES OF MOISTURE STRESS IN BLACK SOIL REGION.Not Availabl