Irrigation Water Management for Agricultural Development in Uttar Pradesh, India

✍ Scribed by Suman Lata

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 389
Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book focuses on irrigation sources together with water management for agricultural development in Uttar Pradesh state of India. Being the most populous state of the country, it bears a burden of feeding about 199 million people of which major section relies on agriculture for their subsistence. This study makes comparison in the growth trends in the irrigated area, crop land use patterns and crop productivity at the district level in different periods of time. The book emphasizes on irrigation water management to optimize crop yields in order to increase Water Productivity of crops in low productivity regions of the state applying suitable technology.

This book appeals to researchers and students in geography and planning working on the topics of agriculture as well as irrigation and water management aspects.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi
Introduction (Suman Lata)....Pages 1-19
Profile of the Study Area: Uttar Pradesh (Suman Lata)....Pages 21-47
Sources of Irrigation: A Theoretical Framework (Suman Lata)....Pages 49-80
Patterns of Water Supply, Growth Trends in Irrigation Area and Irrigation Development (Suman Lata)....Pages 81-150
Agricultural Land Use Patterns (Suman Lata)....Pages 151-251
Measurement of Agricultural Productivity and Water Productivity of Crops (Suman Lata)....Pages 253-314
Impact of Irrigation on Agricultural Development: A Correlative Analysis (Suman Lata)....Pages 315-347
Back Matter ....Pages 349-372

✦ Subjects

Geography; Cultural Geography; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Agriculture; Economic Geography; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

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