Sustainable development of irrigation in Kukadi integrated project by transfer of surplus water from one reservoir to other

Siddamal, U. V.; Birajdar, C. A.

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“…It has five dams and a dense network of right- and left-bank canals, distributaries and finally the command areas at the minor level. In short, it has several levels at which water is distributed, and these levels cut across the political and physical boundaries of the region, making it a complex project to govern (Siddamal & Birasdar, 2012).…”

Section: The Kukadi Major Irrigation Projectmentioning

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Canal Commands and Rising Inequity

Kulkarni

2018

Sociological Bulletin

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Public sector irrigation is rapidly changing in India, and the state of Maharashtra is no exception to this. Public sector irrigation projects that were designed independently of groundwater are increasingly being used to harness ground- water. This has been a gradual ongoing process which has shifted benefits from public to private. Increasing use of groundwater in canal commands has huge implications for equity, both in terms of direct access to water and decision-making in its use and allocation, and also indirectly, in terms of changing land and labour relations. Changing discourse in the water policy, prioritising the private over public interests is contributing substantially to these inequities. Without wanting to suggest that water inequities are an outcome of the present neoliberal framework alone, this article reflects the concern that the neo-liberal language has become dominant in steering water policies and programmes that hold implications for water access, allocations and decision-making. This article uses examples from canal irrigation projects in Maharashtra and the emerging policies around its governance to highlight the increasing privatisation of a public resource.

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Section: The Kukadi Major Irrigation Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Canal Commands and Rising Inequity

Kulkarni

2018

Sociological Bulletin

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“…Paddy and wheat require more irrigation than other crops in their respective growing seasons. The basin is presently being severely affected because of sparse rainfall, therefore also adversely affecting the performance of the KIP (Siddamal & Birajdar ). This reality furthermore emphasized the need for an integrated operation approach that considered the optimal cropping patterns and intrabasin water transfer policy.…”

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A multiobjective fuzzy linear programming model for sustainable integrated operation of a multireservoir system

Arunkumar

Jothiprakash

2016

Lakes & Reservoirs

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Irrigated agriculture is the largest consumer of water, with high significance in India as the majority of its people depend on it. Rainfall uncertainties, and uneven distribution of utilizable water over space and time, have presented a serious challenge to irrigation water management and crop production. Surface water reservoirs play a major role in supplying irrigation water and also addressing uneven water distribution to some degree. Varying water requirements for different crops under multiple canals, however, requires that planners develop an optimal crop planning for the efficient operation of a multireservoir irrigation system. The spatial and temporal water transfer within a multireservoir irrigation system necessitates integrated operation of all the involved reservoirs. Thus, integrated operation of a multireservoir system is a fundamental requirement for efficient irrigation water management, and also become a key issue for sustainable agricultural development. This study derived an optimal crop plan for the integrated operation of a complex multireservoir system with intrabasin water transfer, using a multiobjective fuzzy linear programming (MOFLP) approach. The MOFLP model resulted in a level of satisfaction of 0.46, with an irrigation intensity of 102.18%, and a total crop area of 149 232.10 ha. The optimal policies were furthermore assessed with various statistical indicators with a simulation model, indicating they are performing well, with high reliability and resilience for longer periods. Key wordsintrabasin water transfer, multiobjective fuzzy linear programming, multireservoir system, sustainable crop planning.

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“…Proximity to major metropolitan areas like Pune and Mumbai has intensified agriculture, implying the need for efficient allocation of production resources to sustain productivity over the dominance of water by other activities, along with labour shortages, expensive inputs, and limited land holdings. Over the past two decades, the popularity of efficient water management technologies, including the drip method of irrigation has increased in the region [ 25 , 26 ]. The intensification of agriculture, especially vegetables, has increased significantly with the adoption of the drip irrigation method.…”

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Efficiency dynamics among onion growers in Maharashtra: a comparative analysis of drip irrigation adopters and non-adopters

Kale,

Gavhane,

Thorat

et al. 2024

BMC Plant Biol

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Background Onions are economically and nutritionally important vegetable crops. Despite advances in technology and acreage, Indian onion growers face challenges in realizing their full productivity potential. This study examines the technical efficiency of onion growers, the factors influencing it, and the constraints faced by those adopting drip irrigation in the Ghod river basin of western Maharashtra. A sample of 480 farmers including those practicing drip irrigation and those not practicing it, was selected from Junnar, Shirur, Parner, and Shrigonda blocks of the basin. The primary data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Analytical tools such as the Cobb-Douglas production function (represents technological relationship between multiple inputs and the resulting output), a single-stage stochastic frontier model, the Tobit model, and descriptive statistics were used to assess the technical efficiency of onion production at the farm level. Results According to the maximum likelihood estimates of the stochastic frontier analysis, drip adopters exhibited a mean technical efficiency of 92%, while for non-adopters it was 65%. It indicates that the use of drip irrigation technology is associated with higher technical efficiency. The association of technical efficiency and socio-economic characters of households showed that education, extension contacts, social participation, and use of information sources had a positive influence on technical efficiency, while family size had a negative influence on the drip irrigation adopters. For non-drip adopters, significant positive effects were observed for landholding, extension contact, and information source use. The major constraints faced by drip system adopters included a lack of knowledge about the proper operating techniques for drip systems and the cost of maintenance. Conclusion The differences with inputs associated with two irrigation methods showed that the response of inputs to increase onion yield is greater for farmers who use drip irrigation than for farmers who do not, and are a result of the large differences in the technical efficiencies. These inefficiencies and other limitations following the introduction of drip irrigation, such as lack of knowledge about the proper operations, need to be addressed through tailored training for farmers and further interventions.

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Sustainable development of irrigation in Kukadi integrated project by transfer of surplus water from one reservoir to other

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Canal Commands and Rising Inequity

Canal Commands and Rising Inequity

A multiobjective fuzzy linear programming model for sustainable integrated operation of a multireservoir system

Efficiency dynamics among onion growers in Maharashtra: a comparative analysis of drip irrigation adopters and non-adopters

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