Rainwater management for sustainable crop production

This technology mentioned in this book will definitely increase the crop yield and check the soil loss of hilly terrains of Kandhamal district of Odisha or in similar places in India may be in the world. From the models used for different cropping patterns one can calculate what is soil loss and runoff for a particular rainfall. If farmer will dug a pond in his plot in 10% area and lined the pond with soil cement plaster@6:1 ratio and lined this pest with a thickness of 8 cm throughout the pond, that can check the seepage loss consistently, so that he can grow another crop after Kharif crop.