Land resource assessment for agricultural development in Seoni district (Madhya Pradesh), India
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The objective of land resource assessment for rainfed agridevelopment in tribal dominated Seoni ditrict, Madhya Pradesh was to assess the suitability of thrity soil mapping units for sorghum-cotton based systems in relation to fertility constraints and for enhancing crop productivity. The arability and suitability analysis showed that fifty six per cent of arable land is suitable for eleven land use systems. The twenty two per cent of arable basaltic lands in northen plateaus were evaluated as suitable for for citrus, sorghum and soybean cropping systems with limitations of low available nitrogen, phosphorus and zinc whereas in southern precipitous zone , fifteen per cent of granitic lands were evaluated as suitable for sorghum and cotton with limitations of stoniness, low water holding capacity, low status of available nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and zinc and eighteen per cent of area in sagar and hirvi river valleys for rice, citrus, maize, sunflower and vegetables. Out of 44.6 per cent of nonarable land, thirty seven per cent of land was evaluated as suitable for forestry / grazing and 6.8 per cent for wild life.The study advocates agroecological zonation for maximum utilization of land resources for potential cropping systems in improving produvtivity and fertility management.
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Basaltic clay soils, Geographical information system (GIS), Land evaluation, Seoni, Soil survey
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Bell, R.W., Seng, V.,Schoknecht, N., Hin, S., Vance, W. and White, P.F. (2006). Land capability classification for nonrice crops in soils of the sandy terrain of Tram Kak district , Taeko Province. CARDI Soil and Water Sci-ence. Technical Note. 9.1-17.
Bhaskar, B.P. (1997). Soils of Jayakwadi Irrigation Project, Minor-4. Technical Report No.535. NBSS&LUP Publi-cation. Nagpur, pp.89.
Bhaskar , B.P., Dipak Sarkar, Mandal, C., Bobade, S.V., Gaikwad, M.S., Gaikwad, S.S., Nimkar, S.S. and Bhat-tacharyya, T. (2014). Reconnaissance soil survey in Yavatmal District, Maharashtra, India. NBSS Publ. No. 1059. NBSS & LUP., Nagpur.208p.
Bhaskar, B.P., Raja, P., Gajbhiye, K.S., Maji, A.K., Singh, S.R., Anantwar, S.G. and Nimkar, A.M. (2010). Topog-raphic appraisal for irrigation suitability in a part of Jayakwadi command area, Parbhani district, Maharash-tra. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 58(4):363-370.
Bobade, S.V., Bhaskar, B.P , Gaikwad, M.S., Raja, P., Gaik-wad, S.S., Anantwar, S.G., Patil, S.V., Singh, S.R. and Maji, A.K. (2010). A GIS based land use suitability assessment in Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Tropical Ecology, 51(1): 41-54.
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Dent, F.J. and Young, A. (1980). Soil Survey and Land Evaluation. George Allen and Unum. London. pp.278.
District Statistical Report. (2003). Seoni District, Madhya Pradesh, District Statistical Office, Seoni.
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Eswaran, H., Reich, P. and Beinroth, F. (2000). Land resources of South Asia-stresses, quality and population supporting capacity. International Conference on Man-aging natural resources for Sustainable Agricultural production in the 21st Century, Invited papers. New Delhi, February 14-18. pp.97-109.
Fukai S. & Cooper M. (1995). Development of drought-resistant cultivars using physiomorphological traits in rice. Field Crops Research 40 :, 67–86
Jain, S.C., Nair, K.K.K. and Yedekar, D.B. (1995). Geology of the Son-Narmada-Tapti Lineament Zone in Central India, Spl. Publ. Geol. Survey India 10 : 1-154.
FAO (1976). A Frame work for land evaluation. Soils Bulletin 3, FAO, Rome, 72pp.
Klingebiel, A.A. and Montgomery, P.H. (1961). Land capability classification. Agri. Handb.210, USDA, Soil conserve. Serv., Washigton, DC.
Kushwaha, S.P.S., Subramanian, S.K., Kameswara Rao, S.V.C., Ramana Murthy, J, Chennaiah, G., Perumal, A. and Beherea, G. (1996). Interfacing remote sensing and GIS methods for sustainable development. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 17: 3055-3069.
Maji, A.K., Nayak, D.C., Krishna, N.D.R., Srinivas, C.V., Kamble, K., Reddy, G.P.O. and Velayutham, M. (2001). Soil information system of Arunachal Pradesh in a GIS environment for land use planning. Interna-tional Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoin-formation, 3: 69-77.
Mermut, A.R., Acton, D.F. and Eilers, W.D. (1983). Estima-tion of soil erosion and deposition by a landscape analysis Technique on clay soils in Southwestern Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 63:727-739.
Minh, V.Q., Tri, L.Q. and Guong, V.T. (2006). Establishing the Suitable Fertility Capability Classification (FCC) System for Intensive Rice Cultivation Areas in the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam in 18th World Congr. Soil Sci., July 9- 15, (2006) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Piara Singh, Vijaya, D., Srinivas, K., and Wani, S.P. (2002). Potential productivity, yield gap, and water balance of soybean-chickpea sequential system at selected benchmark sites in India. Global Theme 3: Water, Soil, and Agrobiodiversity Management for Ecosystem Health. Report no.1. Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. 52 pp.
Pofali, R.M., Gaikwad, S.T. and Swaminanathan, M. (1995). Study of Geomorphic Features in Chandrapur District, Maharashtra. In: Jog, S.R., (Ed.), Indian Geomorphology, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2: 221-229.
Prakash, A.K., Muralikrishna, I.V., Mishra, P. K. and Chalam, R.V.R.K. (2007). Deciding alternate land use options in a watershed using GIS. Journal of Irrigation and Drain-age Engineering., 133(2): 162-174.
Prasad, J. (2000). Application of fertility capability classification system in soils of a watershed in semi-arid tropics. J. Ind. Soc. Soil Sci., 48(2): 329-338.
Rabia, A.H. (2012). A GIS based land suitability assessment for agricultural planning in Kilte Awulaelo district, Ethiopia. The 4th International Congress of ECSSS, EUROSOIL 2012 “soil science for the benefit of man-kind and environment”, pp: 1257, 2-6 June, Bari, Italy.
Ramkrishna Rao, G., Sondge, V.D. and Bhonsle, S.S. (1986).Climatic conditions in Jayakwadi and Purna commands with reference to water management. Agricultural Development in Jayakwadi and Purna Command areas. Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani.
Reddy, R.S. (2006). Methodology for Correlation of Soil Series in Soil Survey and Mapping. Agropedology, 6: 1-11.
Ritung,S., Wahyunto, Agus, F. and Hidayat, H. (2007). Land suitability evaluation with a case map of area of Arch Barat district, Indonesian Soil Research Institute and World Agroforestry Centre. Bogor, Indonesia.
Sadras, V.O. and Milroy, S.P. (1996). Soil water threshold for responses of leaf expansion and gas exchange: A review. Field Crops Research. 47:253-266.
Sanchez, P.A., Couto, W. and Boul, S.W. (1982). The fertility capability soil classification : interpretation, applicability and modification. Geoderma, 27: 283-309.
Sanchez A, Palm CA and Boul WS (2003). Fertility capability soil classification: a tool to help assess soil quality in the tropics. Geoderma., 114: 157-185.
Schoeneberger, P.J., Wysocki, D.A., Benham, E.C. and Soil Survey Staff. (2012). Field book for describing and sampling soils. Version 3.0., Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, NE.
Singh, P.K., Rathore, L.S., Singh, K.K. and Athiyaman, B. (2011). Analysis of rainfall variability and characteristics of rainfed rice condition in Eastern India. (eds by Attri, S.D. et al.) Challenges and Opportunities in Agrometeo-rology. Springer–Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin, pp.579
Sohan Lal, Deshpande, S.D. and Sehgal, J. (1994). Soil Se-ries of India. NBBS & LUP, Nagpur.
Soil Survey Staff. (2006). Keys to Soil Taxonomy. United States Department of Agriculture , Natural Resource Conservation Service. Washington, DC.
Subba Rao, A., Rupa, T.R. and Srivastava, S. (2001). Assessing potassium availability in Indian Soils. In: N.S. Pasricha andS.K. Banasal (ed.) Potassium in Indian Agriculture, special publication: Potash Research Institute of India, Gurgaon,Haryana: 125-157.
Subramanyan,V. (1974). A quantitative analysis of two drainage basins around Sagar, M.P. Proc. Indian Natn. Sci. Acad., 40: 76-99.
Sys, C., Van Ranst, E. and Debaveye, J. (1993). Land evalua-tion. Part 3: Crop requirements. Agricultural publications 7, 3. General Administration of Development Cooperation of Belgium, Brussels. 199p.
Tamgadge, D.B., Gaikwad, S.T., Gajbhiye, K.S. and Gaikwad, M.S. (2000). Soil Landform Relationship of Granite/Gneissic terrain in Deccan Plateau, Satpura range, Madhya Pradesh. Journal of Indian Society of Soil Sci-ence., 48(3) : 567-571.
Tamgadge, D.B., Bhaskar, B.P., Singh, S.R., Bobade, S.V., Gaikwad, M.S. and Gaikwad, S.S. (2008). Soil resource inventory for land use planning in Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh. Technical report No.1020. NBSS & LUP., Nagpur. 154p.
Van gool, D., Tille, P. and Moore, G. (2005). Land evaluation standards for land resource mapping. Resource manage-ment Technical Report.298. 3rd edition. Department of Agriculture. Government of Western Australia. 131p.
Velayutham, M., Mandal, D.K., Mandal, C. and Sehgal, J.L. (1999). Agroecological subregions in India for planning and Development. Publ.No.35, NBSS & LUP, Nagpur.
White, P.F., Oberthur, T. and Pheav, S. (1997). The Soils Used for Rice Production in Cambodia. A Manual for their Identification and Management. International Rice Research Institute: Manila.
Zinck, J.A. (1998). Physiography and soils. Lecture notes for soil students. Soil Science Division. Soil Survey Courses Subject Matter, K-5, ITC, Enchede, The Neth-erlands
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Land resource assessment for agricultural development in Seoni district (Madhya Pradesh), India. (2016). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 8(2), 750-759. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v8i2.869
