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Micro-catchment rainwater harvesting, a method of collecting surface runoff from a small catchment area and storing it in the root zone of an adjacent cultivated area to cater the crop water requirements, was experimented for mango crop. The average rainfall of the study site (Bhubaneswar, India) is observed as 1600 mm of which 73% occurs during rainy season (June to September). In the remaining 8 months, the crop suffers from moisture deficit. In order to cater the crop water requirement during dry season, four different shapes of micro-catchments, i.e., square, cup and saucer, diamond and circular were constructed in the experimental field. The area of each of the square, cup and saucer, circular and diamond-shaped micro-catchments was 30.25 m2, 23.75 m2, 23.75 m2 and 15.13 m2, respectively. Mango plants were grown in various-shaped micro-catchments and without the micro-catchment (farmers practice) for comparison purpose. Better moisture conservation was observed in cup and saucer shape micro-catchments and least in farmers practice. With regard to plant height and branches per plant, cup and saucer-shaped micro-catchment followed by the square-shaped ones performed better over other treatments. Thus, based on the crop growth performance and soil moisture conservation aspect, cup and saucer followed by square shape of micro-catchments are recommended with the catchment to cultivated area ratio of 16.1:1 and 24.9:1, respectively, for mango crop in the study region.
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Mishra, A., Waghaye, A., Chatterjee, C. et al. Rain water resource management in mango orchards through micro-catchments. Sustain. Water Resour. Manag. 6, 45 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-020-00404-9
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