Suitability of Land Use in Watershed Development
A case study from East Gujarat, India
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Beschreibung
Rainfed agriculture in India’s semi-arid tropics is characterised by low productivity, degraded natural resources, and widespread poverty. Most of the people living in that zone depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Land is under increasing pressure because of a rapid growing population and an increasing demand for agricultural production. In the 1990’s India started investing large amounts in rural development, especially in watershed development. Projects were designed to harmonise the use of natural resources while raising agricultural productivity. But the long-term suitability of intensified land uses after watershed development had not been in the focus of these programmes. The study objectives are to evaluate the agro-ecological suitability of intensified and spatially extended land use in small scale agriculture in the semi-arid zone after watershed development programme implementation, and to analyse limiting factors for optimal land.
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Jana Schindler
Themen in »Suitability of Land Use in Watershed Development«
Soil Management Gujarat Crop Management in Semi Arid Tropics Degradation of Natural Resources Soil Classification Natural Resource Management Rainfed Agriculture Land Use Evaluation India Semi Arid Tropics Watershed Development Water Management