ENHANCING CROP PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH WATER HARVESTING TANK UNDER CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

D.H. RANADE¹*, M.L. JADAV², I. SWARUP³, A. UPADHYAY⁴, D.V. BHAGAT⁵, O.P. GIROTHIA^6
1All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Indore, 452001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
²All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Indore, 452001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
³All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Indore, 452001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁴All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Indore, 452001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁵All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Indore, 452001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁶All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Indore, 452001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : dhranade1961@gmail.com

Received : 01-08-2019     Accepted : 13-08-2019     Published : 15-08-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 15       Pages : 8885 - 8887
Int J Agr Sci 11.15 (2019):8885-8887

Keywords : Water harvesting tank, Crop diversification, Rainwater management
Academic Editor : Dr Jitendra Kadam
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi and Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh for providing funds for carrying out the study under NICRA project during 2011-2020
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study, conducted during, 2011-2018 on the rainwater management aspect through water harvesting tank in a farmer’s field, it was observed that collection and utilization of runoff water is very beneficial in terms of enhancing crop production and farm income, modifying adverse effect of prolonged dry spells, crop diversification, reducing offsite damage to downstream fields due to uncontrolled runoff and through recharging the ground water. The same water harvesting tank can also be used for storage of pumped water and its subsequent efficient use as irrigation to black soils during rabi season. On an average, the lifesaving irrigation to soybean enhanced the soybean production by 10 q/ha and on the other hand the supplemental water increases the chickpea yield from 6 q/ha to 18 q/ha.

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