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Hombe Gowda,H. C.
CSWCRTI-RC
“Resource conservation by Alley cropping in shifting cultivated
Koraput
degraded lands of Eastern Ghat”
Introduction
• Shifting cultivation “ancient agricultural system”
• Practised “some form or other” tribal belts
• Problem - most acute in Orissa
• The total area –Orissa 1.6 m ha and 20 lakh tribal families
• Devastative and disadvantageous harm to eco system
• Problems-
– Soil erosion- land degradation
– Poor soil fertility
– Low productivity
– Silting of the tanks
– Heavy floods,
– Loss of forest cover,
• Quantum of erosion
– Surface soil : 84-170 t/ha
– O C: 1.0 q/ha
– Nitrogen: 0.12 q/ha
– Phosphorus:0.05 q/ha
– Potassium: 0.32 q/ha
Hombe Gowda,H. C.
CSWCRTI-RC
“Resource conservation by Alley cropping in shifting cultivated
Koraput
degraded lands of Eastern Ghat”
Hombe Gowda,H. C.
CSWCRTI-RC
“Resource conservation by Alley cropping in shifting cultivated
Koraput
degraded lands of Eastern Ghat”
Introd…….cont...
Can we Stop Shifting cultivation?
“ Discouraged and alternative production technology”
Agro-forestry: Productivity, Protectivity and Sustainability
Alley cropping or Hedgerow intercropping
•Is a method of growing perennial species, usually shrubs or trees of
legume species together with annul crops. Crops are grown between
spaced row of trees that are pruned regularly to provide mulch and to
supply nutrients to the crop
Benefits Of Alley Cropping
•Improved crop performance- addition of nutrients, Organic matter,
•Reduction – use of chemical fertilizers
•Improvement - Soil physical character, soil fauna, Lower soil temt.
Reduce Evaporation, improves Water use efficiency
•Physical barrier - sloping land, soil and water improvement
•Additional products- forage, firewood etc.,
•Improvement in weed control
Hombe Gowda,H. C.
CSWCRTI-RC
“Resource conservation by Alley cropping in shifting cultivated
Koraput
degraded lands of Eastern Ghat”
Review of literature
• By application of Gliricidia maculata
– Maize yield - 54%
– N-22%, P-32% and CEC-34% (Abunyewa et al., 2004)
• Leucaena leucocephala (Kg/ha)
N-223, P-13, K-157, Ca-59 and Mg-38 (Kang, 2007)
• Reduction in soil erosion (t/ha)
– Cont-69 to Alley- 6 (Rose C W, 2001)
– Cont- 43.2 to Alley-4 (Dixin et al., 2002)
• Reduction in run off- 304% (Rose C W, 2001)
• Sed. conc(Kg m3): Con-47 to Alley-5.3
• Decrease in the slope gradient 1.1o per year
• Increased aggregate stability- resistance to erosion (Mapa)
Hombe Gowda,H. C.
CSWCRTI-RC
“Resource conservation by Alley cropping in shifting cultivated
Koraput
degraded lands of Eastern Ghat”
Hombe Gowda,H. C.
CSWCRTI-RC
“Resource conservation by Alley cropping in shifting cultivated
Koraput
degraded lands of Eastern Ghat”
Hombe Gowda,H. C.
CSWCRTI-RC
“Resource conservation by Alley cropping in shifting cultivated
Koraput
degraded lands of Eastern Ghat”
Objectives
•Biophysical measures:
•Height, Collar Diameter and biomass of hedge plants
•yield attributes of Agil. crops
•Runoff, soil loss, and nutrient loss estimation
•Soil fertility status :OC,NPK, EC, PH
•Soil physical parameters: Texture, Aggregate stability,
Moisture status, Infiltration capacity, Silt load in Alley barrier
Impact
•Development of alley cropping based Agro-forestry
model for the shifting cultivated degraded land
•Conservation of soil and water resources in hilly
region
•Increase in the farm returns from the alternative
production system
•Practice of conservation agriculture
•Resource conservation and ecological balance
•Self and decentralized energy supply
Hombe Gowda,H. C.
CSWCRTI-RC
“Resource conservation by Alley cropping in shifting cultivated
Koraput
degraded lands of Eastern Ghat”
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Investigator Name Designation Division
Hombe Gowda,H. C.
CSWCRTI-RC
“Resource conservation by Alley cropping in shifting cultivated
Koraput
degraded lands of Eastern Ghat”
Thank You
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Hombe Gowda,H. C.
CSWCRTI-RC
“Resource conservation by Alley cropping in shifting cultivated
Koraput
degraded lands of Eastern Ghat”