Water Management

Research at ANGRAU
Dr M.D.Reddy
Water Technology Centre
ANGRAU, Rajendranagar,
H de abad 30
Hyderabad-30
Email:metukudevender@gmail.com

Presented at C.G.G 13-05-2009 1

Welcome to Water
Wate Technology
Technolog Centre
Cent e

Water Technology Centre

ANGRAU, Rajendranagar,
Hyderabad-30
y
Ph No. & Fax: 24001445

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 Water Management Projects undertaken
during last one decade at ANGRAU
Completed

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1. Indo-Dutch Network Project on Drainage and Water
Management for Control of Salinity and Waterlogging
in Canal Commands (1996-2003)
2. Third AP Irrigation
g Project
j ((On-Farm Research and
Demonstrations under SRSP and SRBC Irrigation
Project Commands (1998-2004)
3. Agricultural Research, Demonstration and Training
under
d TTankfed
kf d A
Areas off A
Andhra
dh P Pradesh
d h (2003
(2003-2005)
2005)

On-going

4. AP Agricultural Water Management Project

5. Precision Farming Development Centre
6. Water Technology Centre
7. Organizing workshops and seminars on irrigation
management and other water related issues
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Indo-Dutch Network Project on Drainage and Water
Management, Bapatla (1996-2003)

Objectives
To control salinity and waterlogging problems under
NSP right canal command and Krishna Western Delta
Activity
¾ Developed sub-surface drainage technologies
¾ Cl
Closedd sub-surface
b f systems
t were installed
i t ll d in
i areas off 8
ha and 7 ha with pipe spacing of 30 m, 60 m and 30,
45, 60 m at Konanki and Uppugunduru pilot areas
respectively
Outcome
¾ Soil salinity considerably reduced after introduction of
sub-surface
b f d
drainage
i systems
t

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World Bank aided AP III irrigation project – SRSP &
SRBC (1998-2004)
(1998 2004)

Objectives
Applied research and demonstration
a) to improve irrigation practices and crop yields
b) to promote high value horticulture crops
c) Upgrading of agricultural extension services
Activity
¾ Demonstrations were conducted on
- irrigation methods and scheduling of irrigation for different crops
- profitable crops and cropping systems
- INM and IPM practices
¾ Conducted field days and trainings to the line department
officials and farmers
Outcome
9 Efficient use of canal water
9 Identified efficient crops
p and cropping
pp g systems
y for canal
commands
9 Awareness among the farmers in efficient utilization of water
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 Agricultural Research, Demonstration and
Training under Tankfed Areas of Andhra Pradesh
(2003 2006)
(2003-2006)
Objectives
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1. To demonstrate improved water management techniques
2. To develop optimal crop planning under limited water
availability
3. Conjunctive use of surface and ground water to improve the
water
t use efficiency
ffi i
Activity
¾ Demonstrated water saving technologies
− irrigation at critical stages and rotational irrigation

¾ Successfully introduced ID crops

− Kharif - maize, cotton, castor, bajra, greengram and green
manuring
i crops anddddry seeding
di rice
i
− Rabi - vegetables and sunflower
Outcome
9 Efficient use of rain, surface and ground water
9 Cropping intensity was increased
9 >60% tank command area was brought under cultivation
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 AP Water Management Project
Implementing in AP in collaboration with WUR, Netherlands
and monitoring by FAO

Objectives:
1. To enhance implementation of integrated water resources
management (IWRM)
2. Improve the water use efficiency in agriculture
3. Bring equity in water distribution in the command areas
4. Promoting less water consuming technologies
5. Capacity building to stake holders, line departments and
scientific
i tifi staff.
t ff
Activity:
¾ Demonstrated on pilot project mode in farmers fields of
selected command areas
„ to improve agricultural water management
„ knowledge and empowerment of farmers’ organizations
(WUA) to implement water management practices
„ capacity building in IWRM.
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AP Water Management
g Project
j ((APWAMP)) - Network
centres with main coordinating centre at Bapatla

Centre Operational area

Garikapadu, Krishna NSP left canal
Dist. command
Jagtial, Sriram sagar project
Karimnagar Dist.
Bapatla, Krishna delta
Guntur Dist.
Undi, Godavari delta
West Godavari Dist.
Tirupati Chittoor Dist.
Tirupati, Dist Tanks and wells
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Precision Farming Development Centre,
Rajendranagar

Objective
Plastic applications in agriculture & horticulture
Activity
¾ Research on drip, sprinkler and plastic
mulches in vegetable and fruit crops
¾ Organizing trainings to line department
officers and farmers
¾ Organizing
g g demonstrations on p plasticulture
Outcome
9 Awareness on use of micro-irrigation,
fertigation and mulches
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 Water Technology Centre
Mandate
Research

9 Water budgeting and irrigation for different crops and

cropping systems
9 Development of less water consuming rice production
systems
9 Evaluation of Micro irrigation systems for horticultural, field
and medicinal crops
9 Development of poly house technologies suited to different
regions of the state for production of horticulture and
floriculture crops
9 Development of weather forecast based predicting models
for schedulingg irrigation
g for different crops
p
Extension
9 Training of officials and field staff of line departments, NGOs
and farmers
Education
d i
9 To offer special courses in Water Technology including M.Sc
(Ag) or Ph.D in Water Technology 10
 Objectives
1. To introduce and evaluate equitable distribution
practices in irrigation commands.
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2. To promote the conjunctive use of rain, surface
and sub-surface ground waters.
3. To conduct research on water requirements and
irrigation schedules of various crops and
techniques for less water use, especially for rice
c op
crop.
4. To introduce and evaluate sprinkler and drip
irrigation systems for field and other crops.

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 Water Requirement of cultivars under aerobic and
t
transplanted
l t d conditions
diti during
d i Kharif
Kh if 2007,
2007
ANGRAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad

Salient observations:
1. The available cultivars/varieties developed for transplanted and
rainfed upland
p conditions and hybrids
y perform better both under
p
aerobic (4.07-4.57 t/ha) and transplanted conditions (3.68-4.6 t/ha).
Hence, there is a need to evaluate suitability of some of popular
varieties for aerobic condition.
2. Around 200 mm of rainfall during kharif can be effectively utilized
for rice production in aerobic rice.
3. There was a saving of 31-37 percent of water under aerobic
condition
diti as compared d to
t transplanted
t l t d condition
diti
4. The water productivity is higher in aerobic rice than that of
transplanted rice
5 The aerobic rice can be successfully adopted in paddy grown areas
5.
under wells and canals by adopting proper varieties
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Aerobic rice - College of
Agriculture, Rajendranagar

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Salient observations:

•The aerobic rice responds to applied nitrogen upto 150

Kg N/ha.
•With
With increase in N levels, the water productivity
increases.
•All the varieties/cultivars responded similarly under
aerobic conditions
conditions.
•The grain yield was higher under aerobic condition than
that under transplanted conditions
•The response to applied nitrogen was higher in
transplanted rice due to late planting than in aerobic rice

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Work on Aerobic rice is in progress at

„Nellore
„Warangal
g
„Jagtial

„Rajendranagar

„Anakapalli

„Ragole

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Farmers Participatory Action
Research Programme (CWC)

„ This project is being organized by Water

Technology Centre, ANGRAU
„ Under this project, demonstrations regarding
water management in different crops were
being
g conducted in farmers fields in nine
agroclimatic zones of the state.

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 Demonstrations of FPARP in Kharif 2008

Yield (Kg/ha) Water consumption Benefits (% increase

(m3/ha) over conventional
S.N method)
Technology Centre
o
C* BMP** C* BMP** Yield Water
saving
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1 Direct sowing in RARS, Lam 6000 7100 10820 8930 11.83% 17.46%
paddy
2 SRI cultivation RARS, 5744 6461 13330 9730 12.4% 27%
Tirupati
RARS, 5378.7 6125.5 2500 1000 12% 60%
Chintapalli
3 g
Best management RARS,, 5625 6570 30,000
, 15,335
, 16.7% 48.9 %
practices in rice Nandyal
4 Paddy-Rotational RARS, 6200 6450 1172 1294 4.03% 9.4%
irrigation Jagtial
ARS,
ARS 5744 6241 13330 10170 8 6%
8.6% 23 7%
23.7%
Kampasagar
5 Best management RARS, 750 1000 11,500 9,500 33.3% 17.3%
practices in cotton Nandyal

* Conventional method
** Best Management Practice 17
ICAR project - Scaling up of water productivity in
Agriculture
i l for
f livelihoods
li lih d through
h h teaching
hi cum
demonstrations, 2008-09 to 2012

„ Under this project training programmes on

water management is being given for farmers
and officers of line departments.
„ These training programmes are being
organized in 21 centres including Water
Technology Centre
Centre.
„ Five year programme each year 1000 farmers
and 100 trainers is being trained.

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 Micro-Irrigation
„ Response of rabi Maize to different
methods of irrigation and fertigation
„ Response of Bt and Non Bt cotton with
different methods and levels of irrigation
and fertigation
„ Drip and Fertigation studies in Onion
„ Water Use Efficiency in Fertigation
through Drip in Tomato

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Maize under drip at
gy
Water Technology
Centre, Rajendranagar,
Hyderabad

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Cotton under drip at Water Technology
Centre, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad

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Onion at Water Technology Centre,
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad

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Drip
p irrigation
g in tomato

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Observation trial on tomato
on sprinkler irrigation

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Poly
y house and water sump
p
at WTC

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Tomato grown in shade
net

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Training programmes
„ National and international training
programmes were organized on Agricultural
water management to the scientists of SAU
and ICAR institutes.
„ Duration of the training gpprogramme
g ranges
g
from 2-3 weeks.
„ The scientific staff of the University were
t i d on water
trained t managementt att WUR,
WUR
Netherlands and University of Florida, USA

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 National training programme on “water
management in Agriculture” from 30 Jan to 19
Feb 2008
Feb,

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National training programme on “water
management in Agriculture” from 30 Jan
t 19 Feb,
to F b 2009

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ON GOING EXTERNALLY FUNDED SCHEMES

S. Title of the Scheme

S Funding source Year
No. Sanctio
n
1. Indo – US AKI Project on ICAR 2007 -
“S t i bl Water
“Sustainable W t Resource
R 08
Management”
2. ICAR - Niche Area of Excellence – ICAR 2007-
Research and capacity
p y building
g 08
for improving water productivity
in Agriculture
3. Farmers Participatory Action CWC 2007
Research Programme
4. Scaling up of water productivity ICAR 2008
in Agriculture for livelihood
through teaching cum
d
demonstration
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E
Experiments
i t att RARS,
RARS Warangal
W l
„ Population
p studies and nutrient studies of maize under zero
tillage after kharif rice
„ Productivity of summer sesame as influenced by irrigation
scheduling and nitrogen doses under drip irrigation
„ Response of rabi maize to irrigation scheduling and nitrogen
doses rabi under zero tillage after kharif rice
„ Evaluation of crops for double cropping system in sequence
to rice for ayacut areas
„ Performance
f off rabi
b maize and d sunflower
fl after
f kh
khariff rice
under zero tillage at different times of sowing.
„ Effect of foliar fertilization of micronutrients on rabi maize
under drip irrigation
„ Influence of irrigation scheduling and soluble fertilizer
mixtures on summer groundnut under drip irrigation
„ Establishment of different crops under zero tillage after kharif
rice.
rice

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Experiments at ARS, Kampasagar
„ Irrigation water management for crops and
cropping systems at NSP left canal command
area off N
Nalgonda
l d
„ Evaluation of production potential of
different rice based cropping systems under
con entional and zero
conventional e o tillage at ARS,
ARS
Kampasagar
„ Response of zero tillage maize after kharif
rice under different methods of
establishment and N levels in NSP left canal
command area of Nalgonda district

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 Experiments being conducted at

„ Anantapur – Farm pond technology

Micro-irrigation
„ Tirupati – Micro-irrigation
Bio-diesel- Jatropha & Pongamia
„ ARS, Kavali – Yield maximization in Aerobic
rice

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Thank you

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