Quantifying Soil Erosion in Drought-Impacted Central Odisha, India, through Geospatial Mapping with RUSLE

Table 7

Predicted soil erosion and management strategies.

Soil erosion zone	Predicted soil erosion value (mg·ha^−1·y^−1)	Management strategies
		Nonstructural	Structural
Low	<14	Plantation of soil erosion controlling grasses like fallow and wastelands	Site-specific structures like check dams and gabion structures should be placed in areas with greater slopes; Diversion channels and interception ditches will be constructed in the low-slope areas
Moderate	14–28	Mulching in the agricultural field
High	28–56	Crop rotation in the agricultural field and restoration of degraded forest
Very high	>56	Crop rotation, mulching, forestation, and restoration of forest