The knowledge of hydrological variables (e.g. soil moisture, evapotranspiration) are of pronounced importance in various applications including flood control, agricultural production and effective water resources management. These applications require the accurate prediction of hydrological variables spatially and temporally in watershed/basin. Though hydrological

Soil exhaustion is a major concern particularly in ferruginous soils of the tropics and restoration of soil quality through management of soil organic carbon (SOC) is one of the options to combat the situation. To understand the scope of different systems to sequester organic carbon in ferruginous soils (Typic Rhodustalfs), three representative systems, viz.

Phosphate-based fertilizers have helped spur agricultural gains in the past century, but the world may soon run out of them. Natasha Gilbert investigates the potential phosphate crisis.

Traditionally agriculturalists of western Madhya Pradesh had adopted practices that made most use of the soil moisture and conserved the ecosystem to ensure a sustainable output.

This study shows the importance of physical, water retention and transmission properties of soils in relation to water management/hydrological studies of paddy fields in the vicinity of Nirjuli (Arunachal Pradesh). Soil samples were collected at varioud depths at Nirjuli village, Modern village, Doimukh and Banderdewa.

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The way that industrial agriculture has treated soils has been a key factor in provoking the current climate crisis. But soils can also be a part of the solution, to a much greater extent than is commonly acknowledged.

The crops in the Shivaliks of Punjab usually suffer water stress under limited and erratic water supply condition. A field experiment was conducted on a sandy loam soils during 2004-05 and 2005-06 to study the effect of tillage and nitrogen management on grain yield, water expense and soil physical properties in maize-wheat cropping sequence under rainfed conditions.