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India uses two-to-threefold more water per tonne of crop compared to several developed and developing nations, and this must be reduced and state governments, in particular, should promote sustainable agricultural practices, said Professor Ramesh Chand, Member of government think tank Niti Aayog...
While delivering a key note speech at a function organized in New Delhi on the occasion of World Water Day 2024 by plant protection company Dhanuka Group on Friday, the Niti Aayog member said that the area under cultivation in India has increased but mostly for Rabi crops, when it mostly does not rain.. "This needs to change and state governments in particular need to promote cultivation according to local environmental and geographical conditions," Professor Chand said, as per a press release...
Paddy and sugarcane are two major water-guzzling crops, and India is a major producer of both these crops...
Highlighting the plight of the country's irrigation infrastructure before 2015, Professor Ramesh Chand further said billions of rupees were invested in irrigation projects - medium and major, but the area under irrigation remained stagnant...
PK Singh, Agriculture Commissioner for the government of India, putting emphasis on less investment intensive methods to increase area under irrigation using the same amount of water, said they were exploring ways to maximize the usage of surface water in collaboration with Jal Shakti ministry...
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