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Spatial Mapping of Agricultural Water Productivity Using the SWAT Model

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Title Spatial Mapping of Agricultural Water Productivity Using the SWAT Model
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Creator Thokal, R.T., Gorantiwar, S.D., Mahesh Kothari, Bhakar, S.R. Purohit, R.C. and Nandawana, B.P.
 
Subject Hydrological modelling; SWAT; Crop water productivity; Sina irrigation scheme; Rotational water supply; Irrigation scheduling
 
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The Sina river basin is facing both episodic and chronic water shortages due to intensive irrigation development. The main objective of this study was to characterize the hydrologic processes of the Sina river basin and assess crop water productivity using the distributed hydrologic model, SWAT. In the simulation year (1998-1999), the inflow to reservoir from upstream side was the major contributor to the reservoir accounting for 92 % of the total required water release for irrigation purpose (119.5 Mm3), while precipitation accounted for 4.1 Mm3. Annual release of water for irrigation was 119.5 Mm3 out of which 54 % water was diverted for irrigation purpose, 26 % was wasted as conveyance loss, average discharge at the command outlet was estimated as 4 % and annual average ground-water recharge coefficient was in the range of 13-17 %. Various scenarios involving water allocation rule were tested with the goal of increasing economic water productivity values in the Sina Irrigation Scheme. Out of those, only most benefited allocation rule is analyzed in this paper. Crop yield varied from 1.98 to 25.9 t/ha, with the majority of the area between 2.14 and 2.78 t/ha. Yield and WP declined significantly in loamy soils of the irrigation command. Crop productivity in the basin was found in the lower range when compared with potential and global values. The findings suggested that there was a potential to improve further. Spatial variations in yield and WP were found to be very high for the crops grown during rabi season, while those were low for the crops grown during kharif season. The crop yields and WP during kharif season were more in the lower reach of the irrigation commands, where loamy soil is more concentrated. Sorghum in both seasons was most profitable. Sorghum fetched net income fivefold that of sunflower, two and half fold of pearl millet and one and half fold of mung beans as far as crop during kharif season were concerned and it fetched fourfold that of groundnut, threefold of wheat, twofold of onion during rabi season and was sevenfold of sugarcane. Analysis suggests that maximization of the area by provision of supplemental irrigation to rainfed areas as well as better on-farm water management practices can provide opportunities for improving water productivity.
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Date 2019-12-10T04:08:48Z
2019-12-10T04:08:48Z
2015-03
 
Type Book
 
Identifier Thokal, R.T., Gorantiwar, S.D., Mahesh Kothari, Bhakar, S.R. Purohit, R.C. and Nandawana, B.P. 2013. Spatial Mapping of Agricultural Water Productivity Using the SWAT Model. Book: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management. 343-356.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/28892
 
Language English
 
Relation Series A, Vol. 96, p. 85;
 
Publisher Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India)