Effect of land shaping on soil properties and crop yield in tsunami inundated coastal soils of Southern Andaman Island

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 206, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Velmurugan, A ^a,b   Swarnam, T P ^a   Lal, Rattan ^b  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad beds and furrow; Ecosystem services; Land degradation; Restoration; Tsunami impact

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND RECLAMATION; METEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PROPERTY; TSUNAMI;

ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; INDIA;

EID: 84925245550     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.03.012     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Anda M., Subardja D. Assessing soil properties and tidal behaviors as a strategy to avoid environmental degradation in developing new paddy fields in tidal areas. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 2013, 181:90-100.
2. Bakker D., Hamilton M., Hetherington G.J., Spann R. Salinity dynamics and the potential for improvement of water logged and saline land in a Mediterranean climate using permanent raised beds. Soil Till. Res. 2010, 110(1):8-24.
3. Blake G.R., Hartge K.H. Bulk density. Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 1, Agron. Monogr. 9 1986, 363-375. ASA and SSSA, Madison, WI. 2nd ed. A. Klute (Ed.).
4. CBD Global biodiversity outlook 2. Convention on Biological Diversity 2006, 81. UNEP, Montreal.
5. Cruz R.V., Harasawa H., Lal M., Wu S., Anokhin Y., Punsalmaa B., Honda Y., Jafari M., Li C., Huu Ninh N., et al. Asia Climate Change 2007: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Contribution of working group II. Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007, 469-506. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. M.L. Parry (Ed.).
6. Eswaran H., Lal R., Reich P.F., et al. Land degradation: an overview. Responses to Land Degradation. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Land Degradation and Desertification Khon Kaen, Thailand 2001, Oxford Press, New Delhi, India. E.M. Bridges (Ed.).
7. Fan X., Pedroli B., Liu G., Liu Q., Liu H., Shu L. Soil salinity development in the yellow river delta in relation to groundwater dynamics. Land Degrad. Develop. 2012, 23(2):175-189. 10.1002/ldr.1071.
8. FAO, 1998. Land resources in small Island developing States, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UNEP Report No. E/CN.17/1998/7. http://islands.unep.ch.
9. Ganeshamurthy A.N., Dinesh R., Ravisankar N., Nair A., Ahlawat S.P.S. Land Resources of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2002, 134. Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair.
10. Gangwar B., Bandyopadhyay A.K. Agricultural Production Manual for Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1996, 119. Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, India.
11. Gani A., Sembiring H. Management of tsunami affected soil. Proceedings of International Workshop on Post-Tsunami Soil Management, 1-2 July 2008, Cisarua, Bogor, Indonesia. Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development, Jakarta, Indonesia and New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2008, F. Agus, G. Tinning (Eds.).
12. Gardner W.H. Water content. Chapter 21. Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 1. Physical and Mineralogical Methods 1986, Soil Science Society of America, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin. 2nd ed. A. Klute (Ed.).
13. Gee G.W., Bauder J.W. Particle-size analysis. Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 1. Physical and Mineralogical Methods 1986, Soil Science Society of America, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin. 2nd ed. A. Klute (Ed.).
14. Gupta S.K., Ambast S.K., Singh G., Yaduvanshi N.P.S.S., Chaudhuri G., Raja R. Technological Options for Improved Agriculture in Tsunami Affected Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Maldives 2006, 88. Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, India.
15. Haque S.A. Salinity problems and crop production in coastal regions of Bangladesh. Pak. J. Bot. 2006, 38:1359-1365.
16. Havlin J.L., Beaton J.D., Tisdale S.L., Nelson W.L. Soil Fertility and Fertilizers: An Introduction to Nutrient Management 1999, 38-85. Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.
17. IPCC Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report, Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007, 104.
18. Jacob K., Barker R., Molden D. Improving water productivity in agriculture: editors' overview. Water Productivity in Agriculture: Limits and Opportunities for Improvement, Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture 2003, CABI Publishing in Association with International Water Management Institute, UK. K. Jacob (Ed.).
19. Nelson D.W., Sommers L.E., et al. Total carbon, organic carbon, and organic matter. Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 2, Agronomy 9, 961-1010 1996, Am. Soc. of Agron., Inc., Madison, WI. 2nd ed. A.L. Page (Ed.).
20. Ouni Y., Lakhdar A., Scelza R., Scotti R., Abdelly C., Barhoumi Z., Rao M.A. Effects of two composts and two grasses on microbial biomass and biological activity in a salt-affected soil. Ecol. Eng. 2013, 60:363-369.
21. Page A.L., Miller R.H., Keeney D.R. Methods of Soil Analysis, Part II, Chemical and Microbiological Properties 1982, ASA, SSSA, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
22. Rachman A., Wahyunto H., Agus F. Integrated management for sustainable use of tsunami affected land in Indonesia. Workshop on Sustainable Use of Problem Soils in Rainfed Agriculture, 14-18 April, 2005 2005.
23. Ravisankar N., Ambast S.K., Srivastava R.C. Crop Diversification Through Broad Bed and Furrow System in Coastal Regions 2008, 180. Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, India.
24. Sarma K., Ravisankar N., Dam Roy S., Grinson G., Srivastava R.C. Prospects of fish culture in the broad bed and furrow system in Andaman. Environ. Ecol. 2010, 28:86-90.
25. Sharma R.K. Raised-sunken bed system for increasing productivity of rice based cropping system in high rainfall areas of Himachal Pradesh. J. Ind. Soc. Soil Sci. 2003, 51:10-16.
26. Shrestha R.K., Lal R. Ecosystem carbon budgeting and soil carbon sequestration in reclaimed mine soil. Environ. Int. 2006, 32:781-796.
27. Singh N.B. Rehabilitation of agriculture in tsunami affected areas in India. Report of the Regional Workshop on Rehabilitation of Agriculture in Tsunami Affected Areas: One and a Half Years Later, 29-30, June 2006, Bangkok, Thailand 2006, 26-30. RAP publication, FAO, 2006/17.
28. Swarnam T.P., Velmurugan A., Ravisankar N., Raja R., Ghoshal Chaudhuri S., Meena B.L. Soil fertility capability classification as a tool for sustainable management of soils of island ecosystem. J. Ind. Soc. Coastal Agric. Res. 2009, 27:1-4.
29. Tejada M., Gonzalez J.L. Beet vinasse applied to wheat under dryland conditions affects soil properties and yield. Eur. J. Agron. 2005, 23:336-347.
30. UNEP-WCMC, 2011. Marine and coastal ecosystem services: Valuation methods and their application. The United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre Biodiversity Series No. 33. p. 46.
31. Vance E.D., Brookes P.C., Jenkinson D.S. An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1987, 19:703-707.
32. Velmurugan A., Swarnam T.P., Ravisankar N. Assessment of tsunami impact in South Andaman using remote sensing and GIS. J. Ind. Soc. Remote Sens. 2006, 34:193-202.
33. Willroth P., Massmann F., Wehrhahn R., Revilla Diez J. Socio-economic vulnerability of coastal communities in southern Thailand: the development of adaptation strategies. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 2012, 12:2647-2658. 10.5194/nhess-12-2647-2012.
34. WNICBR World Network of Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves- III Meeting. June 2013 2013.