Irrigation Water Management for Agricultural Development in Uttar Pradesh, India

• Main Author: Lata, Suman (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
• Subjects: Cultural geography.; Environmental management.; Agriculture.; Economic geography.; Water pollution.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Cultural Geography.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Economic Geography.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

This book focuses on irrigation sources together with water management for agricultural development in Uttar Pradesh state of India. Being the most populous state of the country, it bears a burden of feeding about 199 million people of which major section relies on agriculture for their subsistence....

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Glossary
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Profile of the Study Area: Uttar Pradesh
• Chapter 2. Sources of Irrigation: A Theoretical Framework
• Chapter 3. Patterns of Water Supply, Growth Trends in Irrigation Area and Irrigation Development
• Chapter 4. Agricultural Land Use Patterns
• Chapter 5. Measurement of Agricultural Productivity and Water Productivity of Crops
• Chapter 6. Impact of Irrigation on Agricultural Development: A Correlative Analysis
• Conclusions and Suggestions
• Bibliography.