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1 IRRI. 1996. IRRI 1995-1996: Listening to the farmers. Manila, Philippines: IRRI. 94p.
Rice ; Crop production ; Cropping systems ; Farming systems ; Irrigated farming ; Pest control ; Wheat ; Agricultural research ; Research institutes ; Agricultural extension ; Farmer participation ; Rain-fed farming ; Resource management ; Social aspects / Laos / Vietnam / Thailand / Mekong Delta / Indo-Gangetic Plain / Malagsay
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631 G000 IRR Record No: H020861)
2 Chopra, K. 1998. Shared management of protected areas: Possibilities and constraints in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. Research paper presented at International Workshop on Shared Resource Management in South Asia: The Next Step, conducted by Institute of Rural Management Anand, India, 17-19 February, 1998. 17p.
Forest resources ; Natural resources ; Resource management ; Ecology ; Economic impact ; Tourism / India / Indo-Gangetic Plain / Bharatpur / Keoladeo National Park
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4786 Record No: H022143)
3 Tyagi, N. K.; Agrawal, A.; Sakthivadivel, Ramasamy; Ambast, S. K.; Sharma, D. K. 2004. Productivity of rice-wheat cropping system in a part of Indo-Gangetic Plain: a spatial analysis. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 18(1):73-88.
Rice ; Wheat ; Cropping systems ; Productivity ; Irrigation canals ; Crop yield ; Economic analysis / India / Indo-Gangetic Plain
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6946 Record No: H035137)
4 Ladha, J. K.; Hill, J. E.; Duxbury, J. M.; Gupta, R. K.; Buresh, R. J. (Eds.) 2003. Improving the productivity and sustainability of rice-wheat systems: Issues and impacts. Madison, WI, USA: American Society of Agronomy; Crop Science Society of America; Soil Science Society of America. xix, 231p. (ASA special publication no.65)
Rice ; Wheat ; Paddy fields ; Cropping systems ; Productivity ; Sustainability ; Environmental effects ; Soil properties ; Puddling ; Farmers’ attitudes / Asia / South Asia / India / Pakistan / China / Punjab / Indo-Gangetic Plain
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 633.18 G570 LAD Record No: H035871)
Proceedings of an international symposium cosponsored by Division A-6 (International Agronomy), IRRI and CIMMYT, held at the 2001 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, Charlotte, NC, 22 Oct. 2001
5 Rajput, T. B. S.; Patel, N. 2005. Enhancement of field water use efficiency in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India. Irrigation and Drainage, 54(2):189-203.
Water use efficiency ; Participatory rural appraisal ; Farmer participation ; Irrigation scheduling ; Wheat ; Yields / India / Indo-Gangetic Plain
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H036958)
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6 Bijay-Singh; Sharma, P. K.; Gupta, R. K. 2006. Impact of rice-wheat cropping system on soil and water quality. In Indian Society of Soil Science. International Conference on Soil, Water and Environmental Quality: Issues and Strategies, Proceedings, New Delhi, India, 28 January – 1 February 2005. New Delhi, India: Indian Society of Soil Science. pp.216-238.
Soil properties ; Water quality ; Rice ; Wheat ; Groundwater ; Water pollution ; Nitrates / India / Indo Gangetic Plain
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 IND Record No: H038939)
7 Canisius, F. 2009. Multiangle spectral measurements: a way to distinguish cropping areas. In Thenkabail, P. S.; Lyon, J. G.; Turral, H.; Biradar, C. M. (Eds.). Remote sensing of global croplands for food security. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. pp.393-408. (Taylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7.1 G000 THE Record No: H042431)
8 Srivastava, P. K.; Singh, R. M. 2016. GIS based integrated modelling framework for agricultural canal system simulation and management in Indo-Gangetic plains of India. Agricultural Water Management, 163:37-47. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2015.08.025]
Irrigation systems ; Irrigation canals ; GIS ; Models ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater table ; Water depletion ; Water supply ; Water use efficiency ; Conjunctive use ; Water requirements ; Rainfall-runoff relationships ; Soil moisture ; Intensive farming ; Cropping patterns ; Land use ; Socioeconomic development / India / Uttar Pradesh / Indo-Gangetic Plain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047740)
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Management of canal system for agricultural production is challenging. The work presents GIS based integrated modelling, which integrates soil moisture accounting and irrigation water requirement module, rainfall–runoff module, system loss module and groundwater flow system module. Developed model is employed to evaluate different water management scenarios such as change in rainfall sequence (wet, normal and dry season), change in canal water supply, impact of canal lining and impact of land use changes including their socio–economic implications. The application of model is illustrated with real application in a part of Indo-Gangetic plain of Uttar Pradesh in India. It has been demonstrated that canal water use efficiency in diversion canal systems can be increased up to 58 percent.
9 Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Pavelic, Paul; Sharma, Navneet; Sikka, Alok. 2020. Managed aquifer recharge of monsoon runoff using village ponds: performance assessment of a pilot trial in the Ramganga Basin, India. Water, 12(4):1028. (Special issue: Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041028]
Groundwater recharge ; Aquifers ; Pilot projects ; Performance evaluation ; Monsoon climate ; Runoff ; Flood irrigation ; Drought ; Groundwater table ; Water storage ; Groundwater depletion ; Villages ; Ponds ; Infiltration ; Wells ; Maintenance ; Canals ; Rain / India / Indo-Gangetic Plain / Uttar Pradesh / Ramganga Basin / Jiwai Jadid
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049656)
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The managed aquifer recharge (MAR) of excess monsoonal runoff to mitigate downstream flooding and enhance groundwater storage has received limited attention across the Indo-Gangetic Plain of the Indian subcontinent. Here, we assess the performance of a pilot MAR trial carried out in the Ramganga basin in India. The pilot consisted of a battery of 10 recharge wells, each 24 to 30 m deep, installed in a formerly unused village pond situated adjacent to an irrigation canal that provided river water during the monsoon season. Over three years of pilot testing, volumes ranging from 26,000 to 62,000 m3 were recharged each year over durations ranging from 62 to 85 days. These volumes are equivalent to 1.3–3.6% of the total recharge in the village, and would be sufficient to irrigate 8 to 18 hectares of rabi season crop. High inter-year variation in performance was observed, with yearly average recharge rates ranging from 430 to 775 m3 day-1 (164–295 mm day-1 ) and overall average recharge rates of 580 m3 day-1 (221 mm day-1 ). High intra-year variation was also observed, with recharge rates at the end of recharge period reducing by 72%, 88% and 96% in 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively, relative to the initial recharge rates. The observed inter- and intra-year variability is due to the groundwater levels that strongly influence gravity recharge heads and lateral groundwater flows, as well as the source water quality, which leads to clogging. The increase in groundwater levels in response to MAR was found to be limited due to the high specific yield and transmissivity of the alluvial aquifer, and, in all but one year, was difficult to distinguish from the overall groundwater level rise due to a range of confounding factors. The results from this study provide the first systematic, multi-year assessment of the performance of pilot-scale MAR harnessing village ponds in the intensively groundwater irrigated, flood prone, alluvial aquifers of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
10 Sikka, Alok K.; Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Pavelic, Paul. 2021. Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia. Irrigation and Drainage, 70(3):560-573. (Special issue: Development for Water, Food and Nutrition Security in a Competitive Environment. Selected Papers of the 3rd World Irrigation Forum, Bali, Indonesia) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2558]
Groundwater management ; Sustainable agriculture ; Climate change adaptation ; Resilience ; Groundwater recharge ; Aquifers ; Groundwater depletion ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water use ; Water storage ; Water demand ; Water supply ; Food security ; Energy ; Nexus ; Strategies ; Farmers ; Participatory management ; Policies ; State intervention / South Asia / India / Indo-Gangetic Plain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050165)
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South Asia's heavy reliance on groundwater for irrigated agricultural production supports the livelihoods of tens of millions of smallholder farmers but is being undermined by rampant overexploitation of groundwater. Without major intervention, this is expected to be further exacerbated by growing demand and climate change. Groundwater management, scientific and evidence-based, can make an important contribution to managing unsustainable groundwater use and strengthening the climate resilience of farmers due to groundwater's unique storage characteristics. This study brings together a set of strategies and solutions to better manage groundwater that cover the augmentation of groundwater recharge through managed aquifer recharge, management of groundwater demand through participatory groundwater management and other methods, and the harnessing synergies of co-dependent sectors. The opportunities, constraints and available evidence for each are analysed and the boundaries, barriers and specificities identified to establish entry points for positive change through policies and implementation programmes.
11 Nandan, R.; Poonia, S. P.; Singh, S. S.; Nath, C. P.; Kumar, V.; Malik, R. K.; McDonald, A.; Hazra, K. K. 2021. Potential of conservation agriculture modules for energy conservation and sustainability of rice-based production systems of Indo-Gangetic Plain Region. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(1):246-261. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10395-x]
Conservation agriculture ; Energy conservation ; Sustainability ; Rice ; Crop production ; Cropping systems ; Crop management ; Wheat ; Maize ; Energy consumption ; Energy requirements ; Productivity ; Crop residues ; Crop establishment ; Direct sowing ; Economic analysis / South Asia / India / Indo-Gangetic Plain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050198)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11356-020-10395-x.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050198.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050198.pdf
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Rice-based cropping systems are the most energy-intensive production systems in South Asia. Sustainability of the rice-based cropping systems is nowadays questioned with declining natural resource base, soil degradation, environmental pollution, and declining factor productivity. As a consequence, the search for energy and resource conservation agro-techniques is increasing for sustainable and cleaner production. Conservation agriculture (CA) practices have been recommended for resource conservation, soil health restoration and sustaining crop productivity. The present study aimed to assess the different CA modules in rice-based cropping systems for energy conservation, energy productivity, and to define energy-economic relations. A field experiment consisted of four different tillage-based crop establishment practices (puddled-transplanted rice followed by (fb) conventional-till maize/wheat (CTTPR-CT), non-puddled transplanted rice fb zero-till maize/wheat (NPTPR-ZT), zero-till transplanted rice fb zero-till maize/wheat (ZTTPR-ZT), zero-till direct-seeded rice fb zero-till maize/wheat (ZTDSR-ZT)), with two residue management treatments (residue removal, residue retention) in rice–wheat and rice–maize rotations were evaluated for energy budgeting and energy-economic relations. Conservation-tillage treatments (NPTPR-ZT, ZTTPR-ZT, and ZTDSR-ZT) reduced the energy requirements over conventional tillage treatments, with the greater reduction in ZTTPR-ZT and ZTDSR-ZT treatments. Savings of energy in conservation-tillage treatments were attributed to reduced energy use in land preparation (69–100%) and irrigation (23–27%), which consumed a large amount of fuel energy. Conservation-tillage treatments increased grain and straw/stover yields of crops, eventually increased the output energy (6–16%), net energy (14–26%), energy ratio (25–33%), and energy productivity (23–34%) as compared with CTTPR-CT. For these energy parameters, the treatment order was ZTDSR-ZT = ZTTPR-ZT > NPTPR-ZT > CTTPR-CT (p < 0.05). Crop residue retention reduced net energy, energy ratio, and energy productivity when compared with residue removal. Our results of energy-economic relations favored the “conservative hypothesis,” which envisages that energy and monetary investments are not essentially the determinants of crop productivity. Thus, zero tillage-based crop establishments (ZTTPR-ZT, ZTDSR-ZT) in rice-based production systems could be the sustainable alternative to conventional tillage-based agriculture (CTTPR-CT) as they conserved non-renewable energy sources, reduced water requirement, and increased crop productivity.
12 Panda, D. K.; Ambast, S. K.; Shamsudduha, M. 2021. Groundwater depletion in northern India: impacts of the sub-regional anthropogenic land-use, socio-politics and changing climate. Hydrological Processes, 35(2):e14003. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14003]
Groundwater depletion ; Anthropogenic factors ; Land use change ; Anthropogenic climate change ; Social aspects ; Political aspects ; Water storage ; Aquifers ; Groundwater table ; Extreme weather events ; Drought ; Rain ; Temperature ; Food security ; Policies / India / Indo-Gangetic Plain / Punjab / Haryana / Delhi / Rajasthan / Uttar Pradesh / Bihar / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050230)
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Understanding the key drivers behind intensive use of groundwater resources and subsequent depletion in northern India is important for future food security of India. Although spatio-temporal changes of groundwater storage (GWS) and its depletion in northern India are mapped using the NASA's GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) records, the sub-regional diverse socio-political and environmental factors contributing to the variability in groundwater withdrawals and renewals are not well documented. Here, we provide new evidence on changes in GWS at different spatial scales using both observations and satellite-based measurements applying both parametric and non-parametric statistical analyses. The substantial loss of GWS has occurred since the beginning of the 21st century, and the decline in GWS is associated with some record-breaking dry and hot climate events. We present how certain state-based policy decisions, such as supplying free electricity for irrigation, prompted farmers to extract groundwater unsustainably and thus led to widespread GWS deletion, which has been also accelerated by frequent dryness and rising temperatures. In the hotspot of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi of northern India, the extracted groundwater during 1985–2013 is equivalent to a metre-high layer if spread uniformly across its geographical domain. We find that the groundwater storage loss in northern India has increased rapidly from 17 km3 to 189 km3 between the pre-2002 and 2002–2013 periods. This loss in northern India is, therefore, an excellent example of rapid surface greening and sub-surface drying—a result of an interplay of socio-political and environmental factors. As groundwater continues to be treated as a common natural resource and no clear definition exists to guide policymaking, this study also illustrates how the administrative district level approach can solve the widespread problem of depletion.
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