Soil and water are the vital natural resources essential to sustain life which are most neglected and over exploited. "Soil provides dignity to all life, so it deserves dignity". This calls everyone to honour and respect the natural resources for the future prosperity and sustenance.
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (ICAR-IISWC), (Formerly CSWCRTI) was established on 1st April,1974 with Headquarters at Dehradun by combining Soil and Water Conservation Research, Demonstration and Training Centres which were established in 1950’s at Dehradun, Kota, Bellary, Udhagamandalam, Vasad, Agra and Chandigarh.
These centres were initially established by the Govt. of India and transferred to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on 1st October, 1967. Subsequently...
Read moreResearch for management of land degradation in a primary production systems and rehabilitation of degraded lands in different agro-ecological regions of the country.
Co-ordinate research network for developing location-specific technologies in the area of soil and water conservation.
Centre for training in research methodologies and updated technology in soil and water conservation and watershed management.
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In India, there are about 4 M ha of ravine lands, which is 1.22 per cent of the total geographical area (328 M ha), spread over 12 states. In Uttar Pradesh, the ravine lands occupy an area of about 1.23 M ha of which 0.18 M ha exists in Agra district
The Research Centre of Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation at Ballari was established in October 1954 to conduct research on problems related to soil and water conservation on deep black soils of low rainfall region...
To develop technologies for controlling land degradation rehabilitant degraded areas and enhancing productivity of rain dependent areas on sustainable basis for ensuring food, environmental economic and livelihood security of stakeholders
Steady increase in the diurnal variation of surface energy fluxes from winter to the summer observed in Western ghats implied the existence of a direct relation with the incoming solar radiation and climate change impacts
The Salient findings during the year under various of research programs of the institute has Inventory and data base of Erosion Status Using Modern Tools and Procedures
