Soil and land resource evaluation for village level planning: VLP -A methodological approach

The soil and land resource inventory at regional and state level are providing a basis for blanket recommendation of various package of practice including fertilizer as other inputs. The inherent diversity in soils and the adopted practices with intensive apply, the soils are evidently expressing numerous, complex problems, which are identified at different stages. The multi pronged problems of intensive cropping are very diversified in nature and manifesting physically, chemically, biologically and ultimately nutritionally, the blanket recommendations are not providing a suite of solutions. Considering this fact with a view to assess the site specific constraints and provide potential for development and remediation, the present study is planned taking village as a unit. Approach is in consonance with the village land use planning in this entire village soil and land resources are systematically accounted and prepared a resource inventory, which act as ready reference reckoned for any planning activity for the development and improvement of village soil and land resources further.