National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Regional Centre, IARI Campus, New Delhi, 110012.
The study of soil degradation status of Jammu and Kashmir was undertaken for perspective land use planning. The degree and extent of degradation as well as severity of degradation have been assessed. The study reveals that soil degradation problems are mainly due to water erosion, wind erosion and partly due to flooding and water logging. About 31 per cent area of the state is under various forms of degradation and about 57 per cent is unfit for agriculture due to rock outcrops, ice caps and glaciers. The rest of the area (about 12 per cent) constitutes arable lands, stable under natural conditions and through human interventions. The ameliorative measures to arrest further degradation of soils have been suggested.
Soil degradation, degree of degradation, severity of degradation
