Irrigation

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March 13, 2024 As cities such as Bangalore grapple with the water crisis, understanding the value of conserving groundwater to prevent this from happening in the future is urgently needed!
Groundwater, a threatened resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)
January 3, 2024 How has the shifting focus on rural electrification affected groundwater irrigation and agriculture in India? A study explores.
Rural electrification can affect irrigation practices. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
December 28, 2023 The report presents six case studies on how sustainable agriculture programmes scaled up in the past in India
A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in the Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
May 16, 2023 For achieving real water saving through micro irrigation, a mechanism for water regulation and allocation is essential
Use of micro irrigation technology does not automatically result in a reduction in water consumption (Image: Anton: Wikimedia Commons)
April 25, 2023 Heavy metals, physical and biological parameters were analysed in water, soil, and crops in Musi River basin
Musi is polluted due to municipal sewage and industrial wastewater (Image: Muhammed Mubashir, Wikimedia Commons)
February 3, 2023 A detailed analysis of Union Budget 2023-24 from the water lens
(Image: Utthan/India Water Portal Flickr)
A new perspective on water conservation for startups in Indian agriculture
Beyond the surface: Understanding water use in agriculture Posted on 25 Mar, 2024 05:44 PM

How do you save water? By using less of it? It sounds simple, but defining water use is more complex. Is it the amount of water drawn from the ground or piped supply for crop irrigation? Or is it the water consumed by the crops themselves to grow?

Drip irrigation in use (Image: IWMI Flickr)
Can traditional tanks help Bengaluru revive its declining groundwater levels?
A study that examined the contribution of tanks in groundwater recharge in urban Bengaluru found that presence of more impermeable surfaces in the city led to some amount of groundwater recharge from tanks, but was influenced by location, area concerned, water level fluctuations and alternative recharge sources available. Posted on 19 Mar, 2024 11:21 PM

Can traditional tanks help Bengaluru in reviving its groundwater levels and in preventing the growing water crisis that the city is currently facing?

Traditional tanks in South India

Tanks of Karnataka (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Valuing groundwater: A priority for India
As cities such as Bangalore grapple with the water crisis, understanding the value of conserving groundwater to prevent this from happening in the future is urgently needed! Posted on 13 Mar, 2024 06:06 PM

Urban India is sucking groundwater at frightening rates

Groundwater, a threatened resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Reviving the traditional tank irrigation systems of Andhra Pradesh
While encroachment, siltation, poor maintenance of traditional irrigation tanks limit farmers in Andhra Pradesh from accessing water in the command areas, strengthening WUAs shows a promising way forward to ensure maintenance of tanks at the community level and ensure water security for farmers. Posted on 28 Feb, 2024 10:34 AM

The tank irrigation systems of South India

Traditional irrigation tanks of South India. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Optimising water resources for agricultural productivity
There is a need for a comprehensive strategy, including robust policies, effective budget allocation, and grassroots empowerment, to ensure sustainable water resource management and agricultural productivity in India. Posted on 05 Jan, 2024 04:15 PM

Our needs are numerous, with food, clothing, and shelter being our basic requirements. Ensuring basic food security is paramount for any country, as relying on others for our survival is quite risky. Fortunately, rice and wheat are the two prominent staple food crops that are widely and abundantly grown in India to feed the masses.

There are challenges in educating farmers about sustainable practices
How has changing rural electrification impacted agricultural expansion in India?
How has the shifting focus on rural electrification affected groundwater irrigation and agriculture in India? A study explores. Posted on 03 Jan, 2024 09:00 AM

India has made impressive progress in rural electrification (RE) since the government of India shifted its policy focus towards universal household electrification since early 2000s.

Rural electrification can affect irrigation practices. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Creating scalable, sustainable agriculture programs
The report presents six case studies on how sustainable agriculture programmes scaled up in the past in India Posted on 28 Dec, 2023 01:34 PM

The agrarian complexities India faces are large-scale and systemic, intertwined with socio-economic and environmental issues.

A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in the Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
Villagers in Rajasthan restore grasslands to save the Great Indian bustard
News updates this fortnight Posted on 15 Oct, 2023 04:07 PM

Villagers in Rajasthan restore grasslands to save the endangered Great Indian bustard

Great Indian Bustard, Rajasthan (Image Source: Saurabh Sawant via Wikimedia Commons)
Farmer’s willingness to pay for groundwater irrigation: The case of Uttar Pradesh
Is there a potential for introducing an organised groundwater irrigation market in Western Uttar Pradesh, where informal groundwater markets continue to thrive? Posted on 28 Sep, 2023 09:58 AM

Irrigated agriculture consumes the largest share of freshwater resources, including both surface water and groundwater. As high as 40 percent of irrigation is dependent on groundwater, accounting for 70 percent of the total groundwater extractions world over and this share is predicted to increase with climate change. 

Groundwater, fast diminishing resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Nudging farmers to conserve water
Study investigates whether the package of both training and comparisons would be more effective than training alone to urge farmers to conserve water in a field experiment in Haryana. Posted on 25 Jul, 2023 10:07 PM

In a randomized field experiment, researchers test whether training medium scale farmers in an agricultural water reduction practice reduces water use from common aquifers in Haryana, India.

Alternate Wetting and Drying (Image: Zoheb Mahmud Khan)
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