Deficient rainfall triggers water shortage: Is Maharashtra’s severe water crisis staring at drought?
Maharashtra is one of the most industrialized and urbanized states in India, but its GDP is mainly dependent on the agriculture industry. As rainfall deficiency is increasing the share of the agrarian economy in the net state domestic product is decelerating because it depends on rainfall for irrigation. According to IMD, Maharashtra has received...
The Agricultural land of Goa is diminishing at a fast rate due to urbanization and climate change. The agriculture sector of the state contributes only 15-16 per cent of the state’s income although one-fourth of the population is dependent on agriculture. As most of the state practices rain-fed agriculture, knowledge about precipitation, soil moisture...
First published on October 20, 2018 The agrarian economy of Odisha is dependent on Climate and soil. Employing more than 60% of the population agricultural sector of Odisha is the demographically the broadest sector of the state which contributes about 30% of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). Only 20% of the agriculture area...
Chattisgharh,” The rice bowl” of India mainly practices rain-fed agriculture( 72 per cent of agriculture ) and hence the need to monitor the agriculture stress induced by several factors, such as shortage of water, overuse of pesticides etc is of prime importance. Passive microwave sensors provide soil moisture globally at a coarser spatial resolution...
Precipitations of any form (rainfall, melting snow etc) get stored in the soil due to the pores present in the soil and later contributes to the soil moisture. The temperature, soil characteristics, and more are the factors which help to determine the type of biome present and the suitability of land for growing crops....
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...
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...
More than 60 percent of the population Of Andhra Pradesh is dependent on Agriculture. Practicing right agricultural methods to cope up with the climate change, hence becomes important. As most of the state practices rain-fed agriculture, knowledge about precipitation, soil moisture and other agrohydrological parameters would benefit farmers to implement precision irrigation and thus...
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...
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...