Dry Farming
Cultivation of crops in areas where rail fall is
less then 750mm per annum is called dry
farming. Crop failures are more frequent under
dry farming condition. Dry farming regions are
equivalent to arid regions and moisture
conservation practices are important in this
regions.
2. An estimated 32 percent of India’s total land area is
affected by land degradation (of which desertification is
a major component) 81.45 million hectares, or 24.8
percent of the country’s geographic area is undergoing
desertification.
3.Water and soil erosion are major causes of land degradation; water erosion is most prominent in
agricultural regions.
4. The key anthropogenic factors resulting in degradation are unsustainable agricultural practices; diversion of land
to development programmes; industrial effluents; mining and deforestation.
5. Unsustainable resource management practices drive desertification, and accentuate the poverty of
people affected by desertification.
6. Land rehabilitation has been a major priority since Independence, and several policies and government agencies address desertification and degradation.
• Occurrence of extensive climatic hazards like drought, flood etc.
• Undulating soil surface.
• Practice of extensive agriculture i.e. prevalence of mono cropping etc.
• Very low crop yield.
• Poor market facility for the produce.
• Poor health of cattle as well as farmers.
• Effective Use of Available Moisture Soil.
• Conservation Control of Input Costs.
• Control of Input Costs.
- Areas which receive an annual rainfall of 750 mm or more. Dry land farming areas are grouped under semi-arid regions.
- cultivation of crop in regions receiving more then 1150 mm rainfall known as rain fed farming. It is practiced in humid regions where crop failures are rare and drainage is the important problems.
Dry farming in India.
1. About 69 percent of India is dry land – arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid and these areas are heavily populated, Degradation has severe implications for livelihood and food security for millions of people living in these areas.2. An estimated 32 percent of India’s total land area is
affected by land degradation (of which desertification is
a major component) 81.45 million hectares, or 24.8
percent of the country’s geographic area is undergoing
desertification.
3.Water and soil erosion are major causes of land degradation; water erosion is most prominent in
agricultural regions.
4. The key anthropogenic factors resulting in degradation are unsustainable agricultural practices; diversion of land
to development programmes; industrial effluents; mining and deforestation.
5. Unsustainable resource management practices drive desertification, and accentuate the poverty of
people affected by desertification.
6. Land rehabilitation has been a major priority since Independence, and several policies and government agencies address desertification and degradation.
Characters of dry farming
• Uncertain, ill-.distributed and limited annual rainfall• Occurrence of extensive climatic hazards like drought, flood etc.
• Undulating soil surface.
• Practice of extensive agriculture i.e. prevalence of mono cropping etc.
• Very low crop yield.
• Poor market facility for the produce.
• Poor health of cattle as well as farmers.
Problems of crop production in Dry Farming in India.
1. Moisture stress and uncertain rainfall.
2. Effective storage of rain water.
3. Disposal or dry farming products.
4. Selection or limited crops.
5. low fertility of soil.
6. Inadequate and uneven distribution of rainfall.
7. Late onset and early cessation of rains
Component of effective Dry farming
• Capturing and Conservation of Moisture.• Effective Use of Available Moisture Soil.
• Conservation Control of Input Costs.
• Control of Input Costs.
• Dry land farming
- Areas which receive an annual rainfall of 750 mm or more. Dry land farming areas are grouped under semi-arid regions.
• Rain fed farming
- cultivation of crop in regions receiving more then 1150 mm rainfall known as rain fed farming. It is practiced in humid regions where crop failures are rare and drainage is the important problems.
