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Not AvailableA STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN STANDARD SIZE RUNOFF PLOTS 1/247th ha AREA ON 8 % SLOPE AT DEHRADUN ( INDIA) TO FIND OUT THE EFFECT OF MINIMUM TILLAGE AND MULCH ON MAIZE IN CHECKING EROSION. BASED ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR 3 YEARS (1978-80) , AN AVERAGE OF 1325.6 mm FELL DURING THE CROP SEASON. UNDER NORMAL TILLAGE , 49.4% OF RAINFALL WAS LOST AS RUNOFF WHICH WAS REDUCED TO 22.3% UNDER MULCH. STRIP TILLAGE DID NOT REDUCE RUNOFF. SOIL LOSS UNDER NORMAL TILLAGE WAS 36.5 tonnes/ha , , 29.2 tonnes/ha UNDER STRIP TILLAGE AND 6.2 tonnes/ha UNDER MULCH. LOSS OF TOTAL NUTRIENTS WITHOUT MULCH WAS 37 kg, N, 60 kg P2O5 AND 949 kg K2O /ha WHICH WERE REDUCED UNDER MULCH TREATMENT TO 11 kg N, 13 kg P2O5 AND 161kgK20/ha LOSS OF AVAILABLE NUTRIENTS WAS 17 kg P2O5 AND 30 kg K2O/ha WITHOUT MULCH AND ONLY 4 kgP2O5 AND 12 kg K2O /HA WITH MULCH.Not Availabl