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| Title: | Natural resource conservation through indigenous farming systems: Wisdom alive in North East India |
| Authors: | Das, Anup
Ramkrushna, GI
Choudhury, BU
Munda, GC
Patel, DP
Ngachan, SV
Ghosh, PK
Tripathi, AK
Das, Supriya
Kumar, Manoj |
| Keywords: | Indigenous farming systems
Soil and water conservation
Productivity
North-eastern region of India |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int.Cl.8:A01, A23B, A01N 3/00 |
| Abstract: | Primitive agriculture like jhuming
is widely prevalent in North East India for food production. Besides this, some
potential indigenous farming systems are exist like Alder (Alnus nepalensis) based farming system, Zabo farming, Panikheti
in hills and pond based farming system in plains of the region developed by
local farmers using their ingenuity and skills over the centuries. These
techniques and systems have sustainable agricultural base and practiced in isolated
pockets in the North East India. While some components of farming systems has
good Scientific base for resource conservation like nutrient cycling through in-situ residue management, green leaf
manuring, soil and water conservation and maintenance
of forestry. However, there are other few components like burning of biomass in
jhuming needs a relook. The paper is
aimed to document the various indigenous techniques of soil and water
conservation linked with these farming systems in the North-eastern region of India. |
| Page(s): | 505-513 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.11(3) [July 2012]
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