Impact of groundwater and its implications on management of water resources in western Uttar Pradesh
| Autor: | Arti Katiyar, Anil Kumar Sachan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences(An International Journal). 8:88 |
| ISSN: | 2394-4471 0975-2315 |
| DOI: | 10.5958/2394-4471.2016.00017.4 |
| Popis: | An attempt has been made in the paper to examine the changes in resource use structure and returns in respect of crop production activity consequent upon the implementation of important basic ingredients in the transformation of agriculture. Since irrigation and modern crop production technology are strongly complementary to each other and together result in higher production, the policy makers and farmers, therefore have started giving more emphasis to the development of groundwater irrigation and modern water extraction mechanisms. The owner category realized relatively higher returns than that of buyers category, partly due to water extraction mechanisms, owners devoted proportionately more land under high value crop like sugarcane and partly due to better accessibility and reliability of irrigation water. Moreover, without the emergence of groundwater markets, a large traction of small and marginal farmers would have been deprived from the use of irrigation, the scarcity of groundwater especially in peak period of crop production invites special attention for better management of water resource, which will ensure higher return with future sustainability of agriculture. It may be accomplished that the emergence of water markets and water transaction benefits both sellers and buyers of groundwater. |
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