1 STUDY OF ADOPTION OF IMPROVED IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN MULA COMMAND AREA OF AHMEDNAGAR DISTRICT
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1987
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Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri
Abstract
In India, irrigated area constitutes about thirty
per cent of the total gross cropped area.. This means that
still 70 per cent of the gross cropped area is dependent on
monsoon and crop production is largely conditioned by rain
fall, which is largely erratic and uncertain.
Water potential of Maharashtra is also limited. Out
of the gross cropped area of 20.00 million hectares in the
43tate, only 2.5 million hectares is now irrigated, amounting
to 12.5 per cent of the gross cropped area.
Under such circumstances and with the limited
resources of water for irrigation, development and acceptance of irrigation water management technology is getting the
prime attention for increasing crop production.
It is generally observed that farmers do not use
irrigation water Judiciously. The extent of adoption of
water management practices is also observed to be low. The
present research was.therefore, undertaken with the follo
wing specific objectives. spread over three talukas viz; Rahuri, Newasa and Shevgaon
of Ahraednagar district, are receiving irrigation water
from Mula Irrigation Project. Multi-stage random sampling
procedure was used for selecting the farmers for the study.
Out of the 171 villages, 10 villages were selected purposi
vely. From the selected villages, 150 respondents could be
interviewed which formed the final size of sample of the
study. Improved irrigation water management practices in
respect of the two major crops viz; Rabi Jowar and Sugarcane
grown in command area were standerdized for the present
study.
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