Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Megraded Watershed of Kandhamal District, Odisha-Juniper Publishers
Juniper Publishers- Open Access Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Megraded Watershed of Kandhamal District, Odisha Authored by Rageswari Subudhi Abstract A trial was conducted on farmer’s field at Sudreju watershed of Kandhamal district of Orissa, India located within 20030'16” to 20031'24''N latitude and 84017'8” to 84018'14” E longitude with an altitude of 75m above mean sea level. The trial was conducted during 2001-02 & 2002-03.Kharif paddy (cv. Lalat) was transplanted. The project was conducted under National Agricultural Technology Project (Rainfed Rice Production System-7) at All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture (OUAT), Phulbani, Orissa with following objectives. To check erosion of upstream field. To store water in the field to a desired depth. To increase the rice yield. The following treatments were tried T a - Brushwood structureT 2 - Loose ...