Agropedological approach for rural land use planning – A case study from lagadwal village, Dhule district, Maharashtra, India

The decline in crop productivity in rural areas in semi-arid regions of Maharashtra was a serious concern and offered an opportunity to look into the reflective realties of drought and difficulties faced by farmers with rudimentary farming systems. The objectives of present study were to characterize, classify, mapping and evaluation of soils for local grown crops and to integrate crop – livestock systems at landscape level. The cadastral survey was carriedout in Lagadwal village of Dhule district and applied treatment oriented land capability classification to suggest soil-water conservation measures and soil - site suitability for crops.