RC Bellary
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Back Ground The Research Centre of Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute at Bellary was established in October 1954 to conduct research on problems related to soil and water conservation on deep black soils of low rainfall region, to extend the results of research to farmers and to impart training in soil and water conservation to the officers/assistants sponsored by the State and Central Governments.The rainfall in the area is very low and amounts to only 500 mm per annum. |
| Since the inception of this Centre, soil conservation measures/practices such as contour cultivation, strip
cropping, contour bunding, terracing with rainwater harvesting and recycling,
gully plugging etc. have been evaluated/tested for their efficacy in conserving
soil and rainwater and for enhancing agricultural production on a sustained
basis. Of late, the Centre is also addressing the issues related to red soil
(alfisols) region of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh through the watershed
programme. The results of research from the Centre are applicable to the deep
black soil/ vertisols and its’ associated soils areas with low rainfall
covering Bellary, Chitradurga, Raichur, Koppal, Gadag and Bijapur districts of
Karnataka State; Kurnool, Cuddapah, Mehboobnagar and Anantapur districts of
Andhra Pradesh and Ahmednagar and Solapur districts of Maharashtra State. Mandate |
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