Groundwater regulation based on the soil-moisture requirement, a much-needed paradigm change?

With a decrease in the trend of rainfall, groundwater becomes the primary source of water. Most of the regions are overly dependent on it resulting in a consumption rate higher than its natural replenishable rate causing water tables to decline. The decline in groundwater level in wells in India is estimated to be 61...

Monitoring Crop burning in Punjab and Haryana using Remote Sensing

Crop burning is the process of deliberately burning crop residues post harvesting. It is widely practiced by farmers in the states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in spite of government restrictions, mainly because of the lack of resources for scientific management of waste. The mass burning occurring in these states during the harvesting...

Drought looming as south-west monsoon leaves Telangana rainfall deficit

Telangana the state with agrarian economy depends mostly on rainfall for irrigation.According to the officials of IMD, Telangana has recorded deficient rainfall this year. Effective use of available water resources can help to tackle this situation without compromising agricultural yield. Soil moisture is one of the main parameters that influence crop health. Hence monitoring...

Agrarian economy of Madhya pradesh to witness a growth?

Madhya Pradesh, a state with the agrarian economy is enriched with black cotton soil and hence forms the ideal land for agriculture. 80% of the state depends on agriculture. Monitoring soil moisture is important as mostly rain-fed agriculture is practiced throughout the state. The above soil moisture map has been prepared by Satyukt Analytics...

Estimating water budgets to determine the impact of changes in the land-use pattern

Water budget analyses is an approach that emphasis on the transport, storage, and utilization of water on the surface of the earth. Ensuring sustainable water supplies requires knowledge about the movement of water(hydrologic cycle). Water budgets are tools that water users and managers use to quantify the hydrologic cycle. A water budget accounts for...

On the day of “Karnataka Rajyotsava” let us step in to revive the agriculture of the state

First published on November 01, 2018 After the State was formed in 1956, the agricultural sector of the state went through several changes in terms of production, productivity and cropping pattern. Spatial variation in agriculture performance is observed throughout the Karnataka, as the state is characterized by non-uniform natural endowments which differ significantly across...

Deficit irrigation: It’s time to shift focus from agriculture productivity to water productivity

Accounting for about 70 percent of freshwater withdrawal, irrigation is probably the largest use of water globally. Unlike other uses, only half of the water used for irrigation is reusable. The remaining is lost by evaporation, evapotranspiration, or is lost in transit, by a leaking pipe. With an increasingly scarce water supply, irrigation management...