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resulting into both drought and flood conditions in Bihar. A systematic ef-
fort is required to harness more prosperity from ample available water in
wetland, for example, North Bihar. A number of crops have been identified
for adverse land situation such as Makhana, Singhara, Sludge mate and
lotus, which can be harnessed for profitability from the wetland situation.
Gorgon nut or Fox nut, commonly known as Makhana. It grows in water
producing large floating leaves with a quilted texture, bright purple flow-
ers and starchy white seeds. Ecologically makhana grows in shallow water
bodies that have a certain amount of organic detritus accumulated at the
bottom. The land situations and specific crop suggestion is given in Table
1.2.
TABLE 1.2
Land Situations and Suggested Crops
Condition
Suggested Crops
Water logged areas
Makhana and lotus.
Irrigated areas
Litchi, guava, cowpea, French bean, banana, lime, lemon
and Betel vine.
Rainfed areas with good soil
fertility
Mango-based cropping system (Mango, guava, cowpea,
and French bean).
Rainfed areas with poor soil
fertility
Aonla- based cropping system ( Aonla , guava, turmeric).
High value and low water re-
quiring crops
Seed spices ( Dhania, Methi, Kalajeera, Sounf , etc.).
Flood affected areas
Japanese mint, vegetables, marigold.
Saline patches
Bael , mahua , karonda , phalsa , mint, citronella.
Ravinous areas
Kair, khejri, karonda, etc.
1.4.1.2
USE OF WASTELAND
At present, approximately 68.35 million hectare area of land is lying as
wastelands in India. Out of these lands, Approximately 50% lands of area
are under nonforest lands, which can be made fertile again if treated prop-
erly. It was unprotected nonforestlands, which suffered the maximum deg-
radation mainly due to the tremendous biotic pressure on it. Selection of
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