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Important Developments/ Events/ Activities

 
  • Coordinated Unit of AICRP on Management of Salt Affected Soils and Use of Saline Water at Bapatla publishes "Groundwater Quality Map of Andhra Pradesh(Click here for more details>>)
  • Suggestions for improving productivity during Kharif, 2008(Click here for more details>>)
  • 39th Foundation Day lecture of CSSRI, Karnal delivered by Hon'ble Dr. J.C. Katyal, Vice Chancellor, CCS HAU, Hisar on the 39th Foundation Day of CSSRI, Karnal held on 24th March, 2008(Click here for more details>>)
  • Activities of Sansthan Rajbasha from April 2007 to March 2008(Click here for more details>>)
  • Digitized map of Salt Affected Soils of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra(Click here for more details>>)
  • CSSRI Director and Scientists Visit Waterlogged Saline Areas in South West Punjab(Click here for more details>>)
  • Wheat germplasm KRL 99 approved by the Plant Germplasm Registration Committee for amber grain and tolerance to sodicity, salinity and waterlogging(Click here for more details>>)
  • Consultancy report on effect of sand mining on soil, water and agriculture prepared and submitted to Govt. of Haryana

Reports of Important Events/Meetings

 

Organized five day "Short Hindi Translation" training programme from 23-27 June, 2008 at CSSRI, Karnal sponsored by Central Bureau of Hindi Translation, New Delhi(Click here for more details>>)

 

Celebrated "June 17, 2008 as World Day to Combat Desertification" at CSSRI by Tree Planation on Lawns and Initiating Parthenium eradication from campus(Click here for more details>>)

 

Workshop on "Groundwater Development in Waterlogged Areas in Canal Commands" held at CSSRI on May 13, 2008(Click here for more details>>)

 

Visited teams of Finance Commissioner, Public Health (Govt of Haryana) and French Association of Agricultural Journalist CSSRI, Karnal on 9th May, 2008(Click here for more details>>)

 

Organized a travelling workshop for Agricultural Scientists, officers and Stake holder farmers of Andhra Pradesh on 24th April, 2008(Click here for more details>>)

 

Organized a Nagarsatriya Bhasan Partiyogita on "Prakartik Sansadhan Ka Sanrakshan" on 16th April, 2008(Click here for more details>>)

 

Celebration of Farmer's Day at Darba Kalan on 3rd April, 2008(Click here for more details>>)

 

Tamilnadu farmers visited at CSSRI, Karnal on 26-27 March, 2008(Click here for more details>>)

 

Celebration of Rabi Kisan Mela on 24th March, 2008 at CSSRI, Karnal(Click here for more details>>)

 

Two day orient refresher course on "Reclamation of Saline and Waterlogged Soils through Subsurface Drainage System" for haryana farmers is being organized from 10-11 March, 2008 sponsored by HOPP(Click here for more details>>)

 

A National Level training course on "Conjunctive Use of Surface and Groundwater including Use of Brackish water" is being organized from 18-23 February, 2008(Click here for more details>>)

 

Annual Meeting of BIOSAFOR project is being organized at CSSRI, Karnal from 12-15 February, 2008(Click here for more details>>)

 

New Entrants

  • Dr. S.K. Singh, Principal Scientist joined CSSRI Karnal on 3.4.2008
  • Dr. Satyendra Kumar, Scientist SS joined CSSRI Karnal on 4.4.2008

Recent Publications

Biomass and Biodiesel for Energy Production from Salt-Affected Lands, Tech. Bull. 3/2008(Click here for more details>>)

Integrated Farming System Model for Waterlogged Sodic Soils, Tech. Bull. 1/2008, pp.12

Alternate Land Use Management for Sodic Soils, Tech. Bull. 2/2008 pp.16

Resource Conservation Technologies in Reclaimed Alkali Soils, Tech. Bull. 1/2008(Click here for more details>>)

Madhuban Meadows: Diagnosis and Amelioration of Alkali Soils in Golf Course at the Haryana Armed Police Madhuban, Bull No. 3/2007(Click here for more details>>)

Extent of Salt Affected Soils of Jammu & Kashmir: A Systematic & Scientific Compilation, Bull. No. 4/2007(Click here for more details>>)

Sand Mining or no Mining in Agricultural Fields in Haryana, Bull. No. 5/2007(Click here for more details>>)

Salinity News Vol.13,No.2, July-December, 2007

During this period we made vigorous effeorts to link soil salinity and water quality research with the society. A three-days workshop of All India Corrdinated Research Project on "Management of Salt Affected Soils and Use of Saline Water in Agriculture" was held from September 13-15, 2007 Dr. Nawab Ali, DDG (Agril. Engg. & NRM), ICAR graced the ocassion as Chief Guest and inagurated the workshop. A Kharif Kisan Mela was organized during September in which thousands of farmers and school/ college students participated. Dr. I.P. Abrol, Director, CASA New Delhi and Ex. DDG (NRM), ICAR graced the ocassion as Chief Guest.(Click here for more details>>)

Technical brochure on "Multi-enterprise Agriculture Model for Livelihood Security in Reclaimed Sodic Land" released(Click here for more details>>)

A new publication brought out by the institute, contains 19 lectures(Click here for more details>>)

Vision 2025 - CSSRI Perspective plan(Click here for more details>>)

Technical brochure on "Opportunities for promotion of cactus (Opunita spp.) as livelihood sources in rainfed areas" released(Click here for more details>>)

Haryana Ki Jal Samasyaen avm Samadhan (Water problems and their solutions in Haryana)

A new brochure brought out on Water problems in Haryana(Click here for more details >>)

Krishi Mein Jal Sarakshen: Kyon aur Kaise? (Water Conservation in Agriculture - Why and How?)

A new brochure brought out on Water Conservation In Agriculture(Click here for more details>>)

CSSRI: A Journey to Excellence (1969-2006)

A new publication brought out that traces the historical prespective of the scientific achievements, landmarks and simulating memories of CSSRI since its establishment in 1969

Agricultural Land Drainage: Reclamation of Waterlogged Saline Lands

A new publication brought out by the institute, contains 20 lectures with 4 case studies on subsurface drainage(Click here for more details>>)

On-Farm Land and Water Management

A new publication brought out by the institute, contains 22 lectures(Click here for more details>>)

Drought Management Startegies in India

The frequency and severity of extreme weather events like droughts, floods, hailstorm, cold and heat wave, thunderstorms, cyclones and Tsunamis have markedly increased in the Asian Sub-continent during the past 15 years. On an average 57% geographical area of India is vulnerable to earthquakes, 28% to droughts, 12% to floods and 8% to cyclones. A great deal of variation in the Drought Vulnerability Index (persons killed per million exposed) of 0.04 for Europe, 0.58 for India, 84.4 for Asia and Pacific and 796.8 for Africa was observed for the period 1980-2000.(Click here for more details >>)

Technological Options for Improved Agriculture in Tsunami affected Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Maldives

Following devasting Tsunami of 26 December 2004, this institute in association with Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair and Action Aid International undertook Rapid appraisal to know the current status of land and water degradation and suggest cost-effective Technological interventions to improve agriculturaly dependent livelihood options. This report highlights these interventions for improved sustainable agriculture, a step above the pre-tsunami scenario.(Click here for recommendations>>)

Reversing Groundwater Decline in the Trans Indo-Gangetic Plain: Structural and Policy Options

In the Trans Indo-Gangetic Plain, which earlier supported crops like maize, cotton and sorghum during kharif season and wheat during rabi season, introduction of rice crop was largely a consequence of waterlogging in canal irrigated areas and development of intensive network of shallow tubewell technology. The average productivity of rice-wheat sequence in this part is quite impressive against the average in the IGP. However, these significant gains are over-shadowed by the emerging sustainability issue of declining groundwater and adverse salt and water balance problems on regional scale. The problem of groundwater decline is mainly concern in the areas where groundwater quality is either good or marginal.

 

Farmers Decision Making in Irrigation Commands: The Need and Scope for Improvement

Warabandi system in northwest India is a proven model for managing scarce water supplies through extensive canal distribution network. The system requires minimum interference by the system managers. But does it provide enough scope to the farmers to make intelligent decisions to optimize water productivity is a crucial issue. Investigations made in Kaithal Circle of Bhakra Canal System are very revealing. The water supply deficiency being of the order of 70 to 90 percent with a deteriorating situation towards the tail of the distributary as well as that of the watercourses, the farmers had practically little scope for decision making in respect of canal supply.(Click here for more details >>)

 

Nutrient Stress Management for Sustaining crop Production in Salt Affected Soils:

In India, about 6.73 million ha land, are lying barren or produce very low and uneconomical yields of various crops due to excessive accumulation of salts (Sharma er al 2004 ). This area is expected to increase in canal irrigation, and intensive exploitation of poor quality ground waters for agriculture in non-canal commands. Based on soil pH, exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP), concentration and nature of soluble salts and the reclamation procedure to be adopted, these salt-affected soils have been classified in two major categories viz. alkali (sodic) soils and saline soils. Nutrient constraints vis-a-vis management strategies for improving and sustaining crop production and maintaining soil fertility are critically discussed.

           

For all Publications please contact - Director, CSSRI, Karnal - 132001 (India)

Central Soil Salinity Research Institute
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Karnal-132001,INDIA

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