Textbook of Irrigation and Water Management

by V. A. Rajemahadik, V. G. Chavan

Overview

Agriculture is the largest enterprise in India and it became the most significant entity on which economy of our country is mainly focused. Even though, our country is characterized as rainfed, in this context, after independence major efforts were taken for creation of irrigation resources by constructing dams, reservoirs etc. to accelerate the area under crop production. In this background government has taken serious efforts to boost up water resources in the country. Proper management and utilization of our water resources are the needs of the hour. The irrigation development projects have been constructed largely with a view to increase area under cultivation throughout the entire year. If the cropping intensity increases drastically, the sector will shift from a self-sustaining to an export oriented one. Era of natural resource management comes in existence for sustainability in agriculture production as water is the most important natural commodity and can't be created artificially. This book helps to bridge the gap between the past experiences, present scenario and future roads by discussing the history of irrigation in India, water resources of the world and India, water movement in soil, the role in plants, soil moisture measurement, irrigation scheduling, methods of irrigation and various techniques in-relation to principles of irrigation are illustrated and summarized. The book will be very helpful for undergraduate degree programme throughout the country. With the current changes in the syllabus, the book is based on the latest Recommendations of the 5th Deans' Committee.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789387445055
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	179
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Prof. V. A. Rajemahadik, Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Department of Agronomy, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth., Dapoli Dist. Ratnagiri, Maharashtra has teaching,research and extension experience of 14 years. He taught fundamental courses of agronomy to undergraduate degree programme. He has successfully guided four M.Sc. students as a major advisor and also act as a Member of Advisory Committee of seventeen students for M.Sc. Programme. He has published 27 research papers,17 popular articles and prepared five practical manuals for undergraduate degree programme. He worked as a Co-Scientist for ten research recommendations that has been included in the package of practices for the benefits of farmers. He is a member of different scientific and professional societies at national level.



Prof. V. G. Chavan, Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Technical officer GKMS, DST in Department of Agronomy, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth., Dapoli Dist. Ratnagiri, Maharashtra has teaching, research and extension experience of17 years. He has taught various courses to Undergraduate and Post-graduate Degree Programme particularly Agro meteorology. He worked on crop modeling and developed weather based prediction model for Mango Flush and Flowering Initiation. He acts as co-scientist for about twelve recommendations to farming communities in Konkan region of Maharashtra. He has published 4 books, 30 research articles, 23 popular articles. He has guided three Post-graduate students successfully and act as a member of advisory committee of 12 students. He is a member of different scientific and professional societies at national level.