Soil Water Conservation and Dry Farming

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Soil development and survey. 3. Soil water relationship. 4. Role of water. 5. Hydrological cycle. 6. Soil conservation. 7. Moisture stress and conservation in dry lands. 8. Drought and agricultural drought. 9. Watershed management. 10. Development of Dryland agriculture in India. 11. Researches in dry farming for increased productivity. 12. Waste land management. 13. Agro-forestry and social forestry. 14. Agronomic measures in soil and water conservation. 15. Dry farming. 16. Recommendations for dry farming, future prospects and conclusion. References.

From the Foreword: "The author presented the book entitled, "Soil Water Conservation and Dry Farming" in a scientific and systematic manner to understand the fundamentals clearly and easily which is the beauty of this book. The text-cum-reference book to meet precisely the felt need is an out come of the author\'s activity involved in teaching, research and extension guidance in the field of agronomy for over thirty years.

Potential can only be achieved under ideal management in an optimal physical, chemical and biological environment. Thus, this is a well recognized and urgent need for development of dry farming technology for increasing agricultural production in the areas of low rainfall and its erratic distribution. The whole philosophy of dry farming revolves around the principle that water is a limiting factor in these areas and one needs to maximize the efficiency of the natural rain water for agricultural production. This book is very comprehensive covering all the basic principles of agronomy and soil science towards soil and water conservation and dry farming.

This book will serve a textbook for agronomy, soil science and engineering students, a reference for research scientists and teachers in the areas of crop production, integrated farming systems, dry land agriculture, cropping systems, production technology management under different situations, soil fertility management. This book will also serve as a guide to extension officials of the department of agriculture and soil and water conservation engineering."