Rainfed farming has divergent phase in Indian Agriculture, occupies 67% (108.15 M ha) of the cultivated area contributing 44 % of the food grain production and supporting 40 % of the population. Maize crop has emerged as the third most important crop after rice and wheat in the world and considered as "Queen of Cereals". The Land configuration plays an important role in conservation of maximum possible rain water in the soil. Soil management and agronomic practices like tillage operation, mulching, ridges and furrow, intercropping, BBF are tailored to store and conserve as much rainfall as...

Sweet corn is the third most important cereal and versatile crop which finds the place in the human diet, animal food, fodder and industrial raw material. Besides this, it is promising short duration cash crop for the konkan region. All the growth, yield attributes, yield, quality and uptake was significant when drip irrigated sweet corn was grown on the soil ameliorated with 50% lime requirement and supplied with soil test based fertilizer requirement of NPK and micronutrients (Cu, Zn, B and Mn). The economics of corn grown on soil ameliorated with 50% LR under drip irrigation with...