In this paper an attempt is made to present some facets of status of water for agriculture and population in India. The issues are basic in nature which have been focused by scholars all over time and again. The materials are gathered from various sources to highlight and to consider a ...
USING TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE TO SAVE THE FALLING WATER TABLE IN INDIAToday India faces several problems and one of the major problems is the shortage of water for irrigation purposes. Ground water is an important source of irrigation mainly in Punjab. Due to irrational irrigation of paddy the...
Section "River Yamuna" comprehensively explores the different segments of the Yamuna River in India. Section "Sources of contamination in Yamuna River" discusses the sources of contamination in the water body such as industrial effluents, domestic wastewater, pollution from agriculture, biological ...
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3. Sources of uranium in groundwater 4. Uranium in the environment and its health effects 5. Regulatory limits of uranium in different countries 6. Uranium concentrations in groundwater in India 7. Uranium in groundwater in some areas around the world 8. Analytical techniques for the determinati...
and in India as much as 90%. Viewed more broadly, as a global water "footprint"—a concept developed by Arjen Hoekstra, a Dutch scientist—including not just the direct uses of water in agriculture, but the indirect onesall the way along the chain from field to fork, agriculture accounts...
New Delhi, Mar 18: Food supply in India and across the globe will go down by at least 6 per cent by 2050 as water crisis and heat stress caused by climate change will hit productivity, the Global Commission on Economics of Water (GCEW) has warned.
The overall domestic and irrigation water usage in New Valley was calculated as 18.62 km3 based on the LULC estimates; the groundwater storage changes of New Valley based on the satellite data were calculated to be 19.36 ± 7.96 km3. These findings indicated a consistency between the results ...
In Tamil Nadu, ground water is considered as a main resource for irrigation. Here, the canal irrigation system is an important primary need of agriculture. It increases the groundwater level. Nowadays in India, ground water is used in the agriculture sector. In drought prone areas, the ground...
Water is not only the basis of life for animals and plants, but is also likely to become a contested resource in parts of the world in the coming decades.According to UN figures, global water stress, i.e. the proportion of water withdrawn for use in industry, agriculture or private house...