Watershed Management for Sustainable Agriculture

Watershed Management for Sustainable Agriculture by Khan MA

Book Summary:

Watershed management is an approach of area planning of natural resources, specially, land, water and plants for the socio-economic need of human society and community concerned. It provides a systematic way for integrated development in any given area. It involve the exploration and develop-ment of the complex interrelationship between the resources of watershed and the people of the area.

Audience of the Book :

This book Useful for Agronomy.

Table of Contents:

1. Remote Sensing in Watershed Delineation: Characterization and Development

2. Delineation of Watershed

3. Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System for Prioritisation of Watershed

4. Index Catchments Approach for Area Development

5. Resource Appraisal for Land Use Planning in Watershed

6. Rainwater Management in Watershed

7. Cropping Systems in Watersheds Areas

8. Future and Prospects of Agroforestry in 2000 AD for the Arid Tropics

9. Pasture Improvement and Management for Enhancing Grass Production in A Watershed

10. Energy Plantations and Indigenous Plants for Watershed Development

11. Soil Conservation and Water Management Techniques

12. Integrated Nutrient Management in Arid Soils

13. Integrated Pest Management in the Watershed

14. Fuel Wood and Fodder Farming in Arid Region of India

15. Appropriate Farm Machinery and Solar Energy Utilization in A Watershed

16. Evaluation of Plants of Economic Importance

17. Livestock Production

18. Economic Aspect of Watershed Management

19. Convergence of Services of Integrated Development

20. Analysis of Production Problems

21. Community Organization and Conflict Management

22. Project Monitoring Technique-Net Work Analysis (Pert/Cpm)

23. Facilitation Skills for Watershed Development Project

24. Swot Analysis of Watershed Management Programme

25. Participatory Approaches in Transfer of Technology for Sustainability in Agriculture

26. PRA Techniques for Watershed Development Programmes

Subject Index