Abstract
A field experiment was conducted to quantify the resource degradation under micro-watershed management at All India Co-ordinated Research Project for Dryland. Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore during 2000–2005. Proven technologies such as inter-terrace management practices with Vetiver (khus) and Pennisitum (Nase) grass as vegetative live bunds in combination of 0.52 sq. m cross-sectional contour bunds with open ends for in-situ moisture conservation were adopted. Micro-watersheds of about 0.6 to 0.7 hectare each having 2% land slope were delineated for constructing rain water harvesting structures like farm ponds of 180 cubic meter capacity. Different lining materials were used to control seepage loss from the stored water, which is used for providing life saving irrigation to highly remunerative vegetable crops. The highest runoff of 93.2 mm, which is 9.7% of the mean annual rainfall, occurred for the control plot (no inter-terrace management practices). The runoff produced in both the inter-terrace management practices were on par with each other (65.5 to 65.9 mm). The highest mean annual soil loss of 5.66 t/ha/year occurred under control plot and the lowest (3.151 t/ha/yr) was recorded under inter-terrace management with nase live barrier. The highest seepage loss of 8 – 10 cm per day from the stored water occurred in the unlined farm pond and the minimum seepage loss (1 – 2 cm/day) occurred in the pond lined with LOPE sheet over laid with soil + cement in the ratio of 8: 1. Incorporation of green bio-mass through horsegram (6 – 8 t/ha) enhanced the grain yield of finger millet by 8 – 10 per cent.
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Claim · model-written summary
Runoff was highest in the control plot without inter-terrace management (93.2 mm).
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e1“The highest runoff of 93.2 mm, which is 9.7% of the mean annual rainfall, occurred for the control plot (no inter-terrace management practices)”
Claim · model-written summary
Runoff under the two inter-terrace management practices was on par with each other (65.5 to 65.9 mm).
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e1“The runoff produced in both the inter-terrace management practices were on par with each other (65.5 to 65.9 mm)”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean annual soil loss was highest under the control plot (5.66 t/ha/year).
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e1“The highest mean annual soil loss of 5.66 t/ha/year occurred under control plot and the lowest (3.151 t/ha/yr) was recorded under inter-terrace management with nase live barrier”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean annual soil loss was lowest under inter-terrace management with nase live barrier (3.151 t/ha/yr).
- Outcome
- mean annual soil losse1
- Value
- 3.151 t/ha/yre1
- Qualifier
- inter-terrace management with nase live barriere1
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e1“The highest mean annual soil loss of 5.66 t/ha/year occurred under control plot and the lowest (3.151 t/ha/yr) was recorded under inter-terrace management with nase live barrier”
Claim · model-written summary
Seepage loss from stored water was highest in the unlined farm pond (8 – 10 cm per day).
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e1“The highest seepage loss of 8 – 10 cm per day from the stored water occurred in the unlined farm pond”
Claim · model-written summary
Seepage loss was lowest in the pond lined with LOPE sheet over-laid with soil and cement (1 – 2 cm/day).
- Outcome
- seepage losse1
- Value
- 1 – 2 cm/daye1
- Qualifier
- pond lined with LOPE sheet over laid with soil + cement in the ratio of 8: 1e1
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Verbatim
e1“the minimum seepage loss (1 – 2 cm/day) occurred in the pond lined with LOPE sheet over laid with soil + cement in the ratio of 8: 1”
Claim · model-written summary
Incorporating horsegram green biomass (6 – 8 t/ha) enhanced finger millet grain yield by 8 – 10 per cent.
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- finger millet
Eleusine coracanae1 - Treatment
- Incorporation of green bio-mass through horsegram (6 – 8 t/ha)e1
- Outcome
- grain yielde1
- Direction
- enhancede1
- Value
- 8 – 10 per cente1
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Verbatim
e1“Incorporation of green bio-mass through horsegram (6 – 8 t/ha) enhanced the grain yield of finger millet by 8 – 10 per cent”
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