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Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola

Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola was established on 20th October, 1969 with its head-quarter at Akola. This Agricultural University was named after the illustrious son of Vidarbha Dr. Panjabrao (alias Bhausaheb) Deshmukh, who was the Minister for Agriculture,Govt. of India. The jurisdiction of this university is spread over the eleven districts of Vidarbha. According to the University Act 1983 (of the Government of Maharashtra), the University is entrusted with the responsibility of agricultural education, research and extension education alongwith breeder and foundation seed programme. The University has its main campus at Akola. The instructional programmes at main campus are spread over in 5 Colleges namely, College of Agriculture, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, College of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Post Graduate Institute. At this campus 4 degree programmes namely B.Sc.(Agri.) B.Sc. (Hort.), B.Sc. (Forestry) and B.Tech. (Ag. Engg.) , two Master’s Degree Programmes viz. M.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Tech. (Agri.Engg.) and Doctoral Degree Programmes in the faculties of Agriculture and Agril. Engineering are offered. The University has its sub-campus at Nagpur with constituent College, College of Agriculture which offers B.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Sc.(Agri.) degree programmes. The Nagpur Campus is accomplished with a garden, surrounded by its natural beauty and a well established Zoo which attract the general public and visitors to the city. A separate botanic Garden is being maintained on 22 hectares with a green house for the benefit of research workers. In addition there are 2 affiliated grant-in-aid colleges and 14 private non-grant-in-aid colleges under the umbrella of this University A Central Research Station is situated at the main Campus which caters to the need of research projects undertaken by Crop Scientists of the principle crops of the region are Cotton, Sorghum, Oilseeds and Pulses.

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Subject: Agricultural Engineering × Author: Authors : TALOLE, RUSHIKESH SURESH × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis ×
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    Title : PROTECTIVE IRRIGATION PLANNING FOR RAINFED CROPPING AT AKOLA STATION FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE
    (Publisher : Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra., 2022-10-04) Authors : TALOLE, RUSHIKESH SURESH; Advisor : Kale, M. U.
    Abstract : The present study entitled “Protective Irrigation Planning for Rainfed Cropping at Akola Station for Climate Resilient Agriculture” was conducted at Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Dr. PDKV, Akola. Annual and weekly climate variability in terms of rainfall, minimum and maximum temperature were analysed for the period from 1998 to 2019. The increase in average annual maximum and minimum temperature for all stations in Akola was found as 0.8% and 1.5%, respectively. The average reduction in annual rainfall for Akola district was 99.02 mm (11.76%). The variation in average weekly rainfall, average weekly maximum temperature and average weekly minimum temperature was accessed for SMW 23 to SMW 39 in Akola district. The maximum and minimum weekly reference evapotranspiration during monsoon season was observed in SMW-23 (June) and SMW-31 (August), respectively. The high values were may be due to high and low temperature during June and August. The reference evapotranspiration varies from 6.39 mm day-1 to 3.75 mm day-1. The maximum monthly rainfall and effective rainfall was observed during the month of July, followed by August, June and September. The highest effective rainfall was found in Patur taluka followed by Barshitakali, Murtizapur, Akola, Akot, Telhara and Balapur. Crop water requirement for Cotton, Pigeon Pea and Soybean was estimated using CropWat 8.0 using crop coefficient approach for all stations of Akola. The Cotton and Pigeon pea crop requires at least 37.3 mm/month, 120.9 mm/month, 121.4 mm/month, 114.7 mm/month, and 18.9 mm/month irrigation water during September, October, November, December and January respectively. Peak irrigation requirement of cotton and pigeon pea was found in the month of November. The protective irrigation schedule was generated using CropWat 8.0 for Cotton, Pigeon Pea and Soybean for all stations of Akola. There is no need of protective irrigation for soybean crop due to low irrigation requirement during Kharif season. The amount of protective irrigation for Cotton and pigeon pea requires protective irrigation in the month of October (>130mm) followed by December (>128mm), November (>65mm). The protective irrigation planned for the study area will help to increase the crop production.