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This chapter narrates the technicality of in-situ water conservation on a one-hectare farm and its impact on its field ecology. It discusses ‘in-situ water conservation’ through rainwater harvesting on a farmer’s field by the use of micro-locks and trenches. Its arguments are based on an action research project where rainwater was conserved by increasing the water-holding capacity of the field through developing a sustainable agriculture system. The amount of water that could be captured by adapting these techniques has improved soil porosity eight times and the water-holding capacity accordingly. In-situ water conservation techniques played a significant role in developing groundwater by capturing rainfall on the farm.
Amar K. J. R. Nayak, Professor of Strategic Management, XIMB, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; Email: amar@ximb.ac.in
Tanmay Khuntia, Senior Research Fellow, XIMB, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; Email: tanmaykhuntia@gmail.com
Birendra Suna, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, NISWASS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; Email: sona.birendra@gmail.com
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Nayak, A.K.J.R., Khuntia, T., Suna, B. (2019). In-Situ Water Conservation on One-Hectare Farmland: An Action Research. In: Nayak, A. (eds) Transition Strategies for Sustainable Community Systems. The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00356-2_11
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