Authors : O.P. Pareek, B.D. Sharma and Suneel Sharma

The Indian subcontinent has wastelands of diverse types ranging from arid sandy lands to undulating uplands and rocky areas, marshy and stagnated areas, saline and sodic soils which developed as a result of degradation processes owing to ecological imbalances. These areas are very poor in productivity and inhabit the poorest of the poor. So far the newly developed technologies of better plant types and soil and water management practices have been used only in the resource rich regions. As a result, productivity in these areas has shown phenomenal increase. These advances are, however, getting negated because of the increasing demands of the fast growing population. The vast wasteland areas must, therefore, be made productive by scientific management. Under the present context, this is also necessary in order to ameliorate the degraded ecology of these regions and to check the degradation of marginal areas. An attempt has, therefore, been made to collect the available information and collate it for use in the development of wastelands.

Contents

The Wastelands in India

Horticultural Development in Wastelands : Sandy Wastelands (Coastal sands, Desert sands), Undulating Uplands (Crops, Agrotechniques), Barren / Rocky Wastelands (Crops, Agrotechniques), Mined and Industrial Wastelands (Crops, Agrotechniques), Salt Affected Soils (Crops, Agrotechniques), Gullied and Ravinous Wastelands (Soil and Water Conservation Measures, Crops), Waterlogged and Marshy Wastelands (Crops, Agrotechniques), Degraded Forest Lands, Degraded Non-forest Lands, Degraded Pasture / Grazing Lands, Shifting Cultivation, Strip Land

Plant Protection Measures: Rodent Management, Insect Pest Management, Mammalian Pest Management, Disease Management

References

Appendices

Epilogue

Subject Index

ISBN : 81-85048-36-3

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