Changing land use and slope positions have a considerable influence on soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil fertility. We investigated soil organic carbon stocks in annual crops, community tea and factory tea along three slope positions:up slope, middle slope and down slope. It was found that soil organic carbon stocks are higher in factory tea, followed by community tea and lastly annual crops. The differences in SOC stocks were attributed to different management practices across the land use types such as use of fertilizers. Converting land use from annual crops to tea plantations resulted...

The majority of the local cattle keepers are characterized by high levels of illiteracy and poverty. Despite their heavy dependency on cattle and their products, they lack knowledge on cheaper drenching measures that have less side effects on humans and cattle.This book explores the potential use of Cissus adenocaulis in de-worming cattle and increasing the income of cattle keepers. Both the leaves and roots have been used fresh and dry for cattle de-worming.They show potential equivalent to that of Albendazole 10% in reducing worm burden in cattle and goats. They reduce EPG in livestock dung...