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Wheat sowing dates influences yields in Eastern Gangetic Plains
Study indicates that better management of the annual cropping calendar can pay dividends for food security
Andrew J McDonald
Alwin Keil
Amit Srivastava
Peter Craufurd
Avinash Kishore
Virender Kumar
Gokul Paudel
Sudhanshu Singh
A K Singh
R K Sohane
R K Malik
Posted on 01 Nov, 2022 08:56 AM

Wheat is a principal crop staple in South Asia with current cultivation extending across 36.1 million ha; around 73% of this area is in India where wheat provides approximately 21% of the aggregate food energy and 17% o
Greater adjustments to the annual cropping calendar are anticipated to increase wheat yield potential by an average of 0.84 t/ha (Image: Pixnio)
Managing groundwater demand: the way forward
Substituting groundwater irrigation by canal irrigation will not help in maintaining the current levels of food production in India. Managing groundwater demand will, finds a study.
Meha Jain
Ram Fishman
Pinki Mondal
Gillian L. Galford
Nishan Bhattarai
Shahid Naeem
Upmanu Lall
Ruth S. DeFries
Posted on 02 Mar, 2021 07:25 AM

Groundwater reserves are depleting at rapid rates in India, which is one of the world’s largest consumer of groundwater with it  providing 60 percent of the irrigation needs of the country.
Groundwater, a valuable resource! (Image Source: India Water Portal)
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