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Irrigation water crisis management in cauvery command area - A critical analysis

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Title Irrigation water crisis management in cauvery command area - A critical analysis
 
Creator D. S, Somashekara
 
Contributor M, Shivamurthy
 
Subject irrigation, crops, developmental stages, irrigation water, area, participation, biological phenomena, land resources, productivity, economics
 
Description Increase in population, change in climate, over/misuse of available water
are the principal cause of the irrigation water crisis. Irrigation Water
Crisis Management is the ability of farmers to withstand and manage the
crisis induced by the water scarcity and unequal distribution so as to
derive maximum benefits from irrigated farming. The study was
conducted to understand irrigation water crisis management among
head reach, mid reach and tail end farmers in Krishna Raja Sagar Project
of Cauvery command area in Mandya district. The study was conducted
during 2010 comprising 60 head reach, 60 mid reach and 60 tail end
respondents. A scale was developed to measure the irrigation water crisis
management. The study revealed that, majority of respondents belonged
to high level of irrigation water crisis management in tail end region
(45%) and mid reach region (38.33%) followed by 26.66 per cent
belonging to high level category among head reach farmers. Education,
farming experience, Cosmopoliteness, mass media participation,
extension contact and risk orientation were significantly contributed for
irrigation water crisis management. There was an equal per cent (62%) of
variation in level of irrigation water crisis management explained by all
the eighteen independent variables included in the study among mid
reach and tail end farmers followed by 61 per cent of variation in the
head reach region. Great majority of farmers were practicing mono
cropping, where as mid reach and tail end farmers were following double
cropping pattern. The most important cropping patterns were paddypaddy,
paddy-sugarcane, paddy-ragi, paddy-pulses. There was higher
crop productivity among head reach compared to mid reach and tail end
farmers. In overall, majority of the respondents belonged to high level
(73.33%) followed by low (26.66%) level of cropping intensity groups. Tail
enders are not getting sufficient water and dominance nature of head
reach farmers were the major constraints. Allowing the tail enders to
utilize water first on priority basis and following rotational system of
irrigation were major suggestions given by the farmers in Cauvery
command area.
 
Date 2016-05-28T09:48:53Z
2016-05-28T09:48:53Z
2011-11-18
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier Th-9581
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/66420
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru