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Uttarakhand - Department of Land Resources

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(Vegetables, spices<br />

and condiment)<br />

4. Terrace Repairs<br />

5. Vegetative<br />

Boundary<br />

Pressure on local forests/ vegetation for<br />

fodder for animals and packaging<br />

material.<br />

Loss <strong>of</strong> traditional / indigenous practices<br />

<strong>of</strong> crop cultivation.<br />

HYVs are labour intensive and bring more<br />

workload on women.<br />

Marginal groups (landless<br />

farmers/labourers) will less benefit, since<br />

they do not have land to bring under<br />

HYVs<br />

Due to monoculture chances <strong>of</strong> crop<br />

failure due to frost/fog, insect/pest and<br />

diseases.<br />

Discontinuation <strong>of</strong> barter system and<br />

more dependency on external resources /<br />

agents and, therefore, loss <strong>of</strong> selfdependency.<br />

Possibility <strong>of</strong> loss <strong>of</strong> local<br />

races/cultivars/gene pools/ crop varieties<br />

Conflicts among the neighbouring farmers<br />

due to the shade caste from vegetative<br />

field boundary<br />

result in lesser use <strong>of</strong> permissible<br />

chemical fertilizers and pesticides<br />

Promotion <strong>of</strong> agro-forestry will maintain<br />

biological fertility <strong>of</strong> soil.<br />

Planting <strong>of</strong> nitrogen fixing species on<br />

the crop field bunds will help maintain<br />

biological fertility <strong>of</strong> soil.<br />

Selection <strong>of</strong> low water demanding crops<br />

and rain water harvesting; storage <strong>of</strong><br />

surface water (<strong>of</strong> streams, nalla, etc.)<br />

through water storage ponds will help<br />

harvest more water for use in HYV<br />

cropping.<br />

Plantation/protection <strong>of</strong> pest controlling<br />

plants (Marigold, etc.).<br />

Levelling <strong>of</strong> crop fields and maintenance<br />

<strong>of</strong> terraces / bunds to check water run<strong>of</strong>f<br />

and soil loss<br />

Plantation <strong>of</strong> fodder species in the<br />

unculturable wastelands will supplement<br />

fodder.<br />

More participation <strong>of</strong> males in<br />

agricultural activities will reduce work<br />

load on women.<br />

Rotation <strong>of</strong> crops periodically will restore<br />

the soil fertility.<br />

Use <strong>of</strong> waste bio-products for packaging<br />

Protected cultivation (use <strong>of</strong> polyhouse,<br />

polypit, polytrench, etc.) will reduce the<br />

chances <strong>of</strong> HYV crop failure.<br />

Increase/decrease in per unit<br />

land economic benefits<br />

Changes in nature <strong>of</strong> soil<br />

(fertility, hardness, moisture,<br />

colour etc.)<br />

Quantity <strong>of</strong> seeds produced<br />

Reduction/increase <strong>of</strong> soil<br />

erosion and water run<strong>of</strong>f<br />

Increase / decrease in work<br />

load on women<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> local crop varieties<br />

grown and area under them<br />

Increase/ decrease in the use<br />

<strong>of</strong> non- chemical applications<br />

e.g.,bio-pesticides,<br />

mechanical, cultural activities<br />

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