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    STUDIES ON IRRIGATION BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY IRRIGATION SCHEME: A CASE STUDY OF KHANAPUR VILLAGE, AJARA TEHSIL, KOLHAPUR DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA
    (COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DR. BALASAHEB SAWANT KONKAN KRISHI VIDYAPEETH,DAPOLI, 2023-01-23) Miss. Sukave Pranali Pandurang; Prof. Dr. U. S. Kadam; Dr. S.T Patil, Dr. P.M Ingle; Dr. Dahiphale.A.V
    Irrigation is a crucial component of agricultural productivity and development and it is the most essential factor in farming and agriculture. Irrigation generally refers to applying the necessary amount of water to plants at the appropriate intervals. Community irrigation is defined as, changing the socio-economic landscape of rural communities with a precision irrigation system. The major goal of community-based micro irrigation systems is to increase access to irrigation and increase agricultural land under the irrigation condition and boost up agricultural output, with a focus on marginal and small-land holding farmers who currently have limited access to irrigation. The existing cropping scenario were worked out by conducting survey of farmers and discussion sessions with respective village authorities in Khanapur study area during February 2022 to March 2022. For community micro irrigation the design of lift cum micro irrigation system was prepared as per standard steps and norms of designs. The comparison between existing and proposed crops productivity and net returns were computed by analyzing the parameters required for study such as yield, gross returns, and cost of cultivation of respective crops. It was concluded from studies that, the cropping pattern of the study area is typical and it is patient to state that the agricultural economy that is only minimally developed. From the results it was observed that, in study region the cashew, mango, watermelon gives better performance and watermelon gives best performance under small area as 5.2 ha. The community micro irrigation project prepared for 218 ha area with 12 proposed crops and the entire area is divided in to 12 zones. From the result of design rising main of 508 mm (20 inch) and pump of 340 HP is required for the 218ha community irrigation system. It was concluded that the total cost required to construct lift cum micro irrigation system was estimated as Rs. 3,95,37,461. Due to community micro irrigation the total cultivable area is possible to bring under irrigation along with a diversified cropping pattern. Therefore, because of lift cum micro irrigation system the proper application of the irrigation and fertigation schedule is possible and it results in increasing irrigation efficiency, cropping intensity and ultimately the yield, productivity and net returns of crops in multiple times than the existing. In comparison to existing by using sprinkler irrigation method net returns of groundnut crop was increased by two times than existing. Returns of existing cropping pattern under traditional irrigation and cultivation practices was estimated as Rs. 85,09,274 and the net returns under lift cum community micro irrigation was estimated as Rs. 20,32,87,031. It is concluded that, the community micro irrigation is one of the important way to double the farmers net returns and give satisfaction to farmers from their small land of field.
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    EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT IRRIGATION AND FERTIGATION LEVELS THROUGH INLINE DRIP IRRIGATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF OKRA COUPLED WITH MULCH IN KONKAN REGION
    (COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DR. BALASAHEB SAWANT KONKAN KRISHI VIDYAPEETH,DAPOLI, 2019-12-03) Mr. TONE RAJENDRA PRAKASH; M. S. Mane; Dr.Kadam.U.S., Mahale.D.M; Dr. P. M. Ingle
    ABSTRACT EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT IRRIGATION AND FERTIGATION LEVELS THROUGH INLINE DRIP IRRIGATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF OKRA COUPLED WITH MULCH IN KONKAN REGION by Mr. Tone Rajendra Prakash Regd. No. : ENDPM 2017 / 138 Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli- 415 712, Dist. Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India. Project guide : Dr. M. S. Mane Department : Irrigation and Drainage Engineering The present investigation entitled, “Efficacy of different irrigation and fertigation levels through inline drip irrigation on growth and yield of okra coupled with mulch in Konkan region’’ was carried out at the Instructional Farm of Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli. Okra or Lady’s finger is one of the important vegetable crop grown throughout the tropics and subtropics of the world. It was originated from Africa. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) crop belongs to the family Malvaceae. The nutritional value of 100 g of edible portion of okra contains 1.9 g protein, 0.2 g fat, 6.4 g carbohydrate, 0.7 g minerals and 1.2 g fiber. In India, okra is grown for its mature fruits and is widely used in stuffing and baking. In Konkan region mainly mono cropping i.e., paddy during monsoon season is being adopted. On residual moisture immediately after monsoon some farmers are growing some vegetables on very meager area. Most of the vegetables are being supplied from the western Maharashtra. Therefore, there is an urgent need to xxivintroduce the okra in the Konkan region to reduce the demand from western Maharashtra. Generally, in India and particularly in Maharashtra state okra is grown under the open field. Therefore, it felt necessary to study on okra in the open field coupled with micro-irrigation, fertigation levels, and mulches. The okra crop of Mayhco-10 variety was used for the experiment. The experiment involved eighteen treatment combinations. It was arranged in split plot design with three irrigation levels in the main plots and three fertigation levels and mulching in the sub plots. Irrigation levels includes I 1 (0.6 ETc), I 2 (0.8 ETc) and I 3 (1.0 ETc) and fertigation levels includes F 1 (80% of RDF through WSF), F 2 (100% of RDF through WSF) and F 3 (120% of RDF through WSF) coupled with M 1 (silver mulch) and M 2 (non mulch). The treatment combination I 3 F 3 M 1 had maximum yield of Okra 23.12 t.ha -1 and at par with I 3 F 2 M 1 (22.48 t.ha -1 ). The treatment combination I 3 F 3 M 1 had total water requirement of okra as 47.19 ha-cm under drip irrigation with silver mulch. The maximum water use efficiency (5.87 q.ha -1 .cm -1 ) was found in treatment combination I 2 F 3 M 1 . The maximum net income (Rs. 5, 18,902 /ha.) and B:C ratio (2.28) was found in treatment combination I 3 F 3 M 1 and the second maximum net income (Rs. 5, 03,627 /ha.) and B:C ratio (2.28) was found in treatment combination I 3 F 2 M 1 . The yield parameters such as number of fruits per plant and average weight of fruits were observed maximum in treatment combination I 2 F 3 M 1 and I 2 F 2 M 1 , respectively , whereas the treatment combination I 3 F 3 M 1 was found better in obtaining maximum number of branches, yield per plant and total yield. The study indicated that full amount of required irrigation water, 20% extra fertilizer than RDF through drip coupled with mulch yielded more and gave maximum income and B:C ratio.
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    DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF COST EFFECTIVE REAL TIME SOIL MOISTURE BASED AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITH GSM
    (COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DR. BALASAHEB SAWANT KONKAN KRISHI VIDYAPEETH,DAPOLI, 2019-01-17) MR. MANE SIDDHESH SAMPATRAO; Dr.M. S. Mane; Prof. Dr. U. S. Kadam, Dr. P. M. Ingle; dilip MAHALE
    ABSTRACT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF COST EFFECTIVE REAL TIME SOIL MOISTURE BASED AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITH GSM by Mr. Mane Siddhesh Sampatrao Regd. No. : ENDPM 2017 / 128 Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli- 415 712, Dist. Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India. Project guide : Dr. M. S. Mane Department : Irrigation and Drainage Engineering The present study entitled, “Design and Development of Cost Effective Real Time Soil Moisture Based Automatic Irrigation System with GSM’’ was carried out during the year 2017-19 at the Laboratory and the Instructional Farm of Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli. The physical properties of the soil such as textural class, infiltration rate, hydraulic conductivity, bulk density, porosity, field capacity and permanent wilting point were determined by using standard procedures. The value of the field capacity of the soil was given as the higher set point to the system in order to OFF the solenoid valve and pump. The value of the desired depletion of available moisture (50 percent AMC) was given as the lower set point to the system to ON the solenoid valve and pump. The unit of the automatic irrigation system was developed by assembling the various hardware components such as Arduino Mega (controller), soil moisture sensors, relays, GSM module, Bluetooth module, solenoid valve, motor, cabinet, wires and other accessories. The programming required for controlling the solenoid valve and motor was done in the Arduino IDE. Dual probe conductance based and xxanticorrosive soil moisture sensors were used to record the real time soil moisture content from the field. The field testing of the system was done by installing the system in the field. Under calibration, a unit of the automatic irrigation system was compared to moisture content readout with gravimetric moisture content. The non-linear polynomial equation of degree 3 in terms of ‘x’ and ‘y’ was developed and the other values of corresponding moisture content were determined using interpolation. The comparative study of three depth of placement of sensors i.e. 7.5 cm, 10 cm & 12.5 cm. were carried out. According to that, three sensors were installed in the field by adopting a standard procedure. The controller was installed in the field for the entire crop period from 09/12/2018 to 06/03/2019. The field performance and testing of sensors include the sensor readout which was compare with the moisture content by gravimetric method. The readout showed by SMS-I to SMS-III and for the depths, i.e. 7.5 cm to 12.5 cm were found to be nearly matching with the actual moisture content of the soil by gravimetric method. It is found that SMS-III was at 12.5 cm depth shown 50 % soil moisture depletion earlier than SMS-II and SMS-I. The results were revealed that the biometric parameters such as plant height, number of leaves, spread area was found maximum in 7.5 cm depth of sensor whereas 10 cm depth of sensor was also found better as compared to 12.5 cm depth of the sensor. The yield parameters such as average weight, specific gravity, diameter of curd and yield per ha. were observed maximum in 7.5 cm depth of the sensor. The minimum depth of water applied over crop period was observed in SMS-I i.e. 22.80 cm, while the maximum was observed in SMS-III i.e. 28.18 cm. This clearly indicated that as depth sensor increases from 7.5 cm to 12.5 cm. The total time 24.11 hrs. was required to deliver the water as per climatological approach. In spite of that the time of operation saved over climatological approach ranging from 32.47 % to 21.52 % in SMS-I to SMS-II. The maximum water use efficiency was found in 7.5 cm depth of sensor i.e. 19.40 q.ha -1 .cm -1 followed by 10 cm depth of sensor (16.91 q.ha -1 .cm -1 ), while minimum observed in 12.5 cm depth of sensor i.e. 14.74 q.ha -1 .cm -1 . Hence, it is revealed that the use of an automatic irrigation system with 7.5 cm depth of placement of the sensor is working efficiently and effectively. The total cost incurred for the design and development of the controller along with accessories is Rs. 11330/-. Thus, the developed system is a low cost system. The B:C ratio was found to be maximum of the automatic irrigation system with 7.5 cm xxisensor depth i.e. 2.32 followed by irrigation system with 10 cm depth of sensor i.e. 2.30 and minimum in irrigation system with 12.5 cm depth of sensor i.e. 2.23. The net income obtained in automatic irrigation system with 7.5 cm sensor depth is 9.75 % and in automatic irrigation system with 10 cm depth of the sensor is 8.10 % more than the automatic irrigation system with 12 cm depth of the sensor. Therefore the designed and developed automatic irrigation system with GSM is found cost effective and working efficiently with saving water and energy.