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Effect of Drought on Indian Agriculture


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1 Department of Agronomy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), India
2 Department of Soil Science, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), India
     

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Drought is the greatest annoyance in countries like India where the economy is still depends on the agriculture. Hence tackling drought is foreseeable. The adoption of appropriate soil management regimes like conservational tillage, mulching, use of manure, compost, green manure, concentrated organic manure and sheep penning can show the way to an enhanced agricultural production in drought hit areas of our country. These management practices are not only cheap but also effective, environment friendly, good from soil health view point and sustainable in long period of time.
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Ashish Dwivedi
Department of Agronomy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), India
Vineet Kumar
Department of Soil Science, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), India

Abstract


Drought is the greatest annoyance in countries like India where the economy is still depends on the agriculture. Hence tackling drought is foreseeable. The adoption of appropriate soil management regimes like conservational tillage, mulching, use of manure, compost, green manure, concentrated organic manure and sheep penning can show the way to an enhanced agricultural production in drought hit areas of our country. These management practices are not only cheap but also effective, environment friendly, good from soil health view point and sustainable in long period of time.