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The importance of watershed approach to developmental planning was identified during the sixth plan and watershed development programmes were taken up on a pilot basis in the early 1970’s. From the agricultural view point, watershed management plans are blueprints for implementing protective and restorative measures to sustain agriculture and maintain the ecosystem. Though the growth of watershed programmes indicates divergence in perception, planning and implementation, they coverage to the overall objective of sustainable resource management with multiple benefits. Though the growth of watershed programmes indicates divergence in perception, planning and implementation, they coverage to the overall objective of sustainable resource management with multiple benefits. 

Though the watershed atlas of Kerala has already been published on the basis of sub watersheds and river basin by various other agencies, presently, developmental programmes are being undertaken mainly on the basis of micro watersheds (having an area of 500-600 ha). This necessitates the publication of a Watershed Atlas at micro watershed level so that the selection of watershed and implementation of various developmental programmes by agencies can be made more easy and transparent. Watershed developmental programmes are being undertaken under various projects like WGDP, NWDPRA, OPEC, RIDF, Hariyali etc.. The delineation and prioritization of watersheds selected under various schemes create confusion and the prioritization process is often manipulated by political interferences. In this context, the publication of a Prioritized Watershed Atlas at Micro Watershed level, which is done purely on scientific basis, becomes significant.

Watershed Atlas of all the 14 districts of Kerala had been prepared as a special venture by the Soil Survey Wing purely on scientific basis and it is a valuable document providing comprehensive micro watershed level information of the state.

The three primary steps in characterisation of a watershed are delineation, codification and prioritization. Delineation of watersheds is taken up after tarversing the area using small scale and large scale maps. Codification process attempted in this publication is useful at the grass roots level where the watershed is taken up for implementation and also at the State and National level where the same is used by the planners. Prioritization is a measure of the fragility of the area to degradation and represents the sequence in which the tract is to be taken up for management. The watersheds which are highly fragile where immediate intervention is required should get top priority for management. Conceptually, those areas which need immediate management measures are to be treated first to prevent further deterioration. With this in view, the Soil Survey Organization has taken up publication of Prioritized Micro Watershed Atlas of all the fourteen districts of Kerala.The Prioritized Watershed Atlas' of all districts have been published.

 

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Name of report

Year of publication

Report availability
HC- Hard copy
SC- Soft copy

277

Reference guide

2000

HC

282

Soils of Kerala

2001

HC

283

Major land Resource Areas of Kerala

2001

HC

308

Nedumangad series bulletin

2001

HC

316

Trivandrum series bulletin

2002

HC

320

Advances in LE & LC

2002

HC

321

Sodicity, Alkalinity,  the Kerala perspective

2002

HC

324

Rocks & Minerals

2002

HC

338

Agrl infrastructure of Kerala

2002

HC

330

Panchayat SIS-Alappuzha district

2002

HC

331

Panchayat SIS-Kollam district

2002

HC

335

Panchayat SIS-Trivandrum district

2002

HC

336

Panchayat SIS-Palakkad district

2002

HC

348

Zonal Infrastructure Panchayaths (ZIP)

2003

SC

349

Panchayath SIS – Pathanamthitta district

2003

HC

351

Panchayaths SIS – Kozhikode district

2003

HC

360

Panchayaths SIS – Thrissur district

2004

HC

366

Panchayaths SIS – Kottayam district

2004

HC

572

Bench Mark Soils of Kerala

2009

SC

660

Soil Survey Programmes – 2008 in review

2009

HC

817

Final Report-Soil Fertility Studies of Soils of WG Region

2011

HC

Tb 1

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 2

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 3

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 4

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 5

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 6

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 7

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 8

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 9

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 10

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 11

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 12

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 13

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 14

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 15

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 16

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 17

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 18

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 19

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 20

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 21

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 22

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 23

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 24

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 25

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 26

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 27

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 28

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 29

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

Tb 30

Alathur Malayalam bulletin

2009

HC

878

Final Report of the Project on Land Capability and Crop Suitability of the Major Soils of Western Ghats Region

2012

SC

917

Environmental Quality Monitoring for Soils –Soil Resources of Vilappil, Koratty and Cheruvannur- Nallalam Panchayats

2012

SC

936

Report of the conduct of Watershed Training Programme Under Western Ghats Development Programme

2012

SC

1027

R & D Soil Information system for  integrated management of soil and  land resources in the western Ghats region

2013

SC

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