INDIAN SOCIETY OF WATER MANAGEMENT

Water is the most vital input in agriculture and has made a significant contribution in providing stability to foodgrain production and self-sufficiency. Agriculture is by far the biggest user of water accounting for more than 70%of water utilisation world-wide and 90% of water utilisation in the developing countries. As compared to the surface water, greater proportion of additional irrigation water comes from the groundwater and this source is increasingly being exploited in an unsustainable manner. Major Irrigation Projects accompanied by unscientific water management are running into serious environmental and social problems.

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