Biomass Productivity, Crop Yield and Socio-Economic Status of Madhoganj Block Watershed of the District Hardoi as Influenced under Various Soil and Water Conservation Measures

Abstract

A field study was conducted on biomass productivity and crop yield changes in relation to soil and water conservation practices in selected watershed of district Hardoi (U.P.) India. The results achieved after three years of study shows that soil and water conservation measures have influences crop yield and biomass productivity compared to initial year values in the study area. It is obvious from the data of pre and post-project period of various resource from bench mark survey obtain that the average socio-economic status of rural population has been improved due to soil and water conservation practices adopted in selected area. The stakeholders in the study area are marching towards self-dependence in their needs by the introduction of scientific cropping and timely managing their input resource by creating the awareness among them. It was observed that growing cover crops like cowpea in Kharif followed by gram in Rabi in combination with fodder crops found to be effective for increasing crop yield as well as biomass productivity under scares moisture condition.