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Development of soil and terrain digital database for major food-growing regions of India for resource planning [1]

Innovative methods are increasingly important to utilize existing soil information and in this context spatial soil information systems play an important role. Soil is an important component of land use planning as it acts both as a source and sink of energy for many functions of the land. In general, all living and non-living things on earth get their energy for functioning from the soil in the form of nutrients, water and air.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2014
P. Chandran [2], P. Tiwary [3], T. Bhattacharyya & et al [4]
Current Science [5]
107
9
1420-1430
Tags:
Agriculture [6], India [7], Soil Capability [8], Indo-Gangetic Plains [9], Land Use [10], Cotton [11], Maharashtra [12], Rice [13], Wheat [14]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/p-chandran
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/p-tiwary
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/t-bhattacharyya-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indo-gangetic-plains
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cotton
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat