Author : Sharma-E, Rai-SC, Shanna-R.

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Abstract : Soil, water and nutrients conservation in mountain farming systems: case-study from the Sikkim Himalaya.

Journal : Journal-of-Environmental-Management,

Volume No. : 61(2)

Publish Year : 2001

Page No. : 123-135

Main Data : Overland flow, and losses of soil and nutrients were assessed in the Khanikhola watershed, in Sikkim, India, in relation to land uses and farming practices, including: agricultural (cropped) fields; forests; large cardamom (Amomum subulatum) agro forestry; cultivation of broom grass (Thysanolaena maxima) on terrace risers; plantations of horticultural trees; use of the nitrogen-fixing tree Albizia in both agroforestry and croplands to improve soil fertility; and biocomposting of residues.