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Climate, topography and soil of North-eastern states Table 2. Satellite-derived acreage of rubber and
of India are fully or marginally favourable for rubber wastelands suitable for its cultivation in Assam
cultivation but its exact geo-spatial locations are not Figure 3. Sl Districts Rubber Wastelands % of % of total
estimated yet. Methodology of no area suitable for total wastelands
delineation of (ha) rubber rubber suitable for
Identification of existing rubber holdings and cultivation rubber
rubber and (ha)
potential areas for its cultivation in North-east India is wastelands 1 Goalpara 3388 2988 20.1 12.1
attempted using high resolution satellite remote suitable for its 2 Kamrup 1063 4525 6.3 18.3
sensing data cultivation 3 Karimganj 3453 6969 20.5 28.1
4 Cachar 167 128 1.0 0.5
OBJECTIVES 5 Dima Hasao 732 1010 4.3 4.1
RESULTS & DISCUSSION (N.C. Hills)
Rubber trees have a typical unique deep red tone during 6 Hailakandi 293 619 1.7 2.5
March-April seasons. Rubber holdings were identified 7 Karbi Angong 3872 6052 22.9 24.4
To map spatial extent of existing rubber cultivation
using spectral signature, phenology etc. Wastelands 8 Golaghat 500 98 3.0 0.4
in Assam 9 Nagaon 166 39 1.0 0.2
suitable for rubber were estimated and finalized from
10 Morigaon 70 39 0.4 0.2
Carto merged L-4 data using terrain conditions, land cover
11 Darrang 588 208 3.5 0.8
To estimate spatial extent of cultivable wastelands types etc. 12 Bongaigaon 688 195 4.1 0.8
suitable for rubber cultivation in Assam without 13 Dhubri 540 837 3.2 3.4
interfering with forests, food crops and major 14 Kokrajhar 419 178 2.5 0.7
vegetations. 15 Barpeta 19 7 0.1 0.0
16 Nalabari 7 14 0.0 0.1
17 Sonitpur 93 19 0.6 0.1
STUDY AREA: Assam state in India 18 Jorhat 564 561 3.3 2.3
19 Lakhimpur 19 0 0.1 0.0
20 Sivasagar 188 157 1.1 0.6
East longitudes 89o31'02.34"E to 96o03'41.23"E 21 Dhemaji 13 30 0.1 0.1
North latitudes 24o01'32.25"N to 28o02'03.37"N 22 Dibrugarh 0 2 0 0
Geographical area: 78470.2 Sq.km 23 Tinsukia 30 108 0.2 0.4
Total area 16872 24783
CONCLUSIONS
Figure 4. Comparison of NDVI values of dominant The study highlighted the utility of high resolution IRS
vegetations present in Assam with rubber during March- data to estimate rubber plantations and cultivable
April season. wastelands suitable for its cultivation in Assam.
The total estimate of spatial extent of rubber We have estimated about 16872 ha of area under rubber
plantations three years old and above in Assam for the and 24783 ha of cultivable wastelands suitable for its
year 2011- 2012 was 16872 ha cultivation in Assam.
Figure 1.
Area under rubber cultivation was the highest in Karbi Estimated wastelands can be further prioritized based
METHODOLOGY Anglong district. on soil fertility, climate etc for determining the extent of
suitability for rubber cultivation.
Temporal and multi-resolution satellite data (IRS, Goalpara, Kamrup, Karimkhanj and Karbi Anglong are
Cartosat merged LISS IV) was used for major rubber growing districts which accounted 69.8% The study would be a geo-spatial decision support
platform for policy makers and planners to promote
identification and estimation of spatial extent of of total rubber cultivation in Assam
rubber cultivation in a sustainable way by protecting
rubber plantations and cultivable wastelands food crops, forests, major vegetations and biodiversity
suitable for its cultivation. in Assam.
References
IRS., 2013. Indian Rubber Statistics. Statistics and Planning
(mapping accuracy of rubber: 95.2 %) Department. The Rubber Board, Kerala, Ministry of Commerce
Ground truth points collected from rubber & Industry, Govt. of India, 36, pp. 2-20.
growing districts in Assam
Figure 5. Geo-spatial distribution of rubber plantations
and wastelands suitable for its cultivation in Assam Ray, D., Behera, M. D., and Jacob, J., 2014. Indian
Rubber trees are deciduous in nature a) b) c)
Defoliation: Dec- January Brahmaputra valley offers significant potential for cultivation of
Refoliation: Feb- March rubber trees under changed climate. Current Science, 107 (3),
pp. 461-469.