irrigation water amongst crops and inefficient use of the allocated water are major reasons behind this paradox. Water guzzler … irrigation water available in the country. Hence if sustainable agriculture water-use has to be ensured, economics (productivity … profitability can be achieved with lesser amounts of irrigation water. This is what is attempted in this paper. The study shows that …

Multiobjective fuzzy methodology is applied to a case study of Khadakwasla complex irrigation project located near Pune … membership functions provided different cropping pattern. However, in all the three cases, irrigation intensities are more than … the existing irrigation intensity. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 …

phase II represents the period when mechanization (both energisation of irrigation and tractorisation) was at a relatively … higher level. The study revealed that while the agro-climatic and irrigation factors had played a major role in shaping the …

Agricultural development has been analysed by studying the cropping pattern and cropping diversification and crop … through diversification of cropping systems and crop specialization as a result of ecological economic changes as well as … district of Madhya Pradesh. Such an analysis will help in taking policy decisions for diversification and specialization of …

This paper analyzed dynamics of crop diversification in one of the agriculturally prosperous districts of Indian Punjab … using Gibbs Martin Index. Spatio-temporal analysis of crop diversification in the district shows decline in crop … diversification in most of the blocks (administrative sub divisions). The cropping pattern in most of the blocks of the district has …