Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimes
Crop development relies on water availability, needs, and application, necessitating large irrigation projects to ensure sustainable and equitable agriculture in the long term. This study investigates water losses and gaps during paddy cultivation in India’s tropical semi-arid region, where agricult...
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| author | Purushottam Agrawal Jitendra Sinha Nilima Jangre Fanesh Kumar Kamalkant Alok Sinha Ashwin Singh Ashes Banerjee Akella Satya Venkatesh Srinivas Pasupuleti |
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| description | Crop development relies on water availability, needs, and application, necessitating large irrigation projects to ensure sustainable and equitable agriculture in the long term. This study investigates water losses and gaps during paddy cultivation in India’s tropical semi-arid region, where agriculture is the primary economic driver for communities. Given the population’s heavy reliance on rice, paddy cultivation was closely examined to identify irrigation-related vulnerabilities. An optimal irrigation plan was developed based on the analysis of the current water supply scenario for four different paddy production situations: 1) Rainfed (10 ha), 2) Rain + Canal irrigated (2174 ha), 3) Rain + Borewell + Rivulet irrigated (165 ha), and 4) Rain + Canal + Borewell irrigated (243 ha). The dependable water availability from rains and canals was calculated at a 75 % probability of exceedance to formulate an optimal water supply for the crop. Under this plan, the required water depth is reduced from 32.9 mm to 7.4 mm, saving 0.6167 Mm3 of water. In areas with optimized canal supply, no borewell water is needed for the canal-irrigated land supported by borewells (243 ha). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e0d67f29ee3d4c6dad033d7d3e2cec2c2025-01-31T05:11:13ZengElsevierAin Shams Engineering Journal2090-44792025-02-01162103272Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimesPurushottam Agrawal0Jitendra Sinha1Nilima Jangre2Fanesh Kumar3 Kamalkant4Alok Sinha5Ashwin Singh6Ashes Banerjee7Akella Satya Venkatesh8Srinivas Pasupuleti9Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, IndiaDepartment of Soil and Water Engineering, SVCEAT & RS, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur 492012, IndiaDepartment of Soil and Water Engineering, SVCEAT & RS, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur 492012, IndiaDepartment of Soil and Water Engineering, SVCEAT & RS, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur 492012, IndiaDepartment of Soil and Water Engineering, SVCEAT & RS, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur 492012, IndiaDepartment of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, IndiaCollege of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda 210001, IndiaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Swami Vivekananda University 700121, IndiaDepartment of Applied Geology, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, IndiaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, India; Corresponding author at: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826004, India.Crop development relies on water availability, needs, and application, necessitating large irrigation projects to ensure sustainable and equitable agriculture in the long term. This study investigates water losses and gaps during paddy cultivation in India’s tropical semi-arid region, where agriculture is the primary economic driver for communities. Given the population’s heavy reliance on rice, paddy cultivation was closely examined to identify irrigation-related vulnerabilities. An optimal irrigation plan was developed based on the analysis of the current water supply scenario for four different paddy production situations: 1) Rainfed (10 ha), 2) Rain + Canal irrigated (2174 ha), 3) Rain + Borewell + Rivulet irrigated (165 ha), and 4) Rain + Canal + Borewell irrigated (243 ha). The dependable water availability from rains and canals was calculated at a 75 % probability of exceedance to formulate an optimal water supply for the crop. Under this plan, the required water depth is reduced from 32.9 mm to 7.4 mm, saving 0.6167 Mm3 of water. In areas with optimized canal supply, no borewell water is needed for the canal-irrigated land supported by borewells (243 ha).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090447925000139Crop water requirementRainfedCanal irrigationLinear programmingProbability |
| spellingShingle | Purushottam Agrawal Jitendra Sinha Nilima Jangre Fanesh Kumar Kamalkant Alok Sinha Ashwin Singh Ashes Banerjee Akella Satya Venkatesh Srinivas Pasupuleti Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimes Ain Shams Engineering Journal Crop water requirement Rainfed Canal irrigation Linear programming Probability |
| title | Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimes |
| title_full | Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimes |
| title_fullStr | Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimes |
| title_short | Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimes |
| title_sort | developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water supply regimes |
| topic | Crop water requirement Rainfed Canal irrigation Linear programming Probability |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090447925000139 |
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