The Vidarbha region of eastern Maharashtra exemplifies the structural vulnerabilities of rainfed agriculture in semi-arid India, where smallholder farmers cultivating cotton, soybean, pigeonpea and sorghum on shallow Vertisol soils face recurrent moisture stress, fragmented landh...
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R. S. Patode, Anita Chorey, Ranee Wankhade, M. M. Ganvir, V. P. Pandagale, R. S. Mali, Sachin Morey, Pawan Fukat & M. Sinha·Archives of Current Research International·2025
Rainfall is the single input in the Dryland agriculture for fulfilling the crop water requirement. Based on the watershed approach it is possible to make a quantitative evaluation of water resources and their change under the influence of man's activities. Knowledge of the water...
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Background: Green gram (Vigna radiata L.), locally called moong, is a high-protein pulse crop that improves soil fertility through nitrogen fixation and serves as food, cattle feed, and green manure. Its growth and yield are strongly influenced by weather, sowing time, and variet...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i35340
M. M. Ganvir, Anita Chorey, R. S. Patode, A. R. Tupe, A. B. Turkhede, V. V. Gabhane, Varsha Apotikar, V. P. Pandagale, R.S. Mali, S. T. Morey & P. H. Fukat·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2024
Alternate land use system is applicable in areas where subsistence farming is practiced in unstable ecosystems, and it poses more potentiality and flexibility in land use than the traditional crop production systems. Alternate land use systems are effective means of stabilizing b...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i123158