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Farm Pond Technology for Crop Productivity Enhancement in Rainfed ecosystem of Marathwada Region of Maharashtra

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Title Farm Pond Technology for Crop Productivity Enhancement in Rainfed ecosystem of Marathwada Region of Maharashtra
 
Creator M.S.Pendke
W.N.Narkhede
P.H.Gourkhede
 
Subject Dry spell, farm pond, protective irrigation, sprinkler irrigation
 
Description Marathwada region is traditionally a drought-prone region. The regionreceives annual rainfall in the range of 500 to 1100 mm and major area comes under assured rainfall zone (60%). Rainfall in uncertain and erratic in this region and sometimes suffers from severe droughts. The productivity of all crops decreases with either deficiency of rainfall and its distribution or due to moisture stress in critical growth period due to dryspells occurred in July and August. Thus, protective irrigation to rain fed crops particularly during dryspells from harvested water in farm pond is important concept of dryland agriculture for assured crop production. Major crops of the region are soybean, cotton, pigeon pea, sorghum, green gram and black gram during kharif season. Similarly, gram, rabi sorghum and safflower are grown in rabi season. Based on the farmers need, technical interventions were taken up under NICRA (National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture) action research project through preparedness. Farmers had constructed farm ponds through Government schemes on their field for harvesting runoff water. Similarly farmers procured sprinkler set from the Government government schemes. Farmers were advocated to apply farm pond water using sprinkler set during critical dryspells period in kharif and during critical growth period in rabi season. Optimum use of farm pond water to soybean and pigeonpea during kharif season resulted in increase in crop yield up to 50 per cent. Similarly, application of farm pond water to gram in rabi season resulted in productivity enhancement in gram. 
 
Publisher Indian Society of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning
 
Date 2024-04-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/Agropedology/article/view/150460
10.47114/j.agroped.2023.jun5
 
Source AGROPEDOLOGY; Vol. 33 No. 1 (2023): Agropedology; 57-62
0971-1570
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/Agropedology/article/view/150460/54329
 
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