Rising water table: A threat to sustainable agriculture in an irrigated semi-arid region of Haryana, India

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1443-1451

  Singh, Ajay ^a   Krause, Peter ^b   Panda, Sudhindra N ^a   Flugel, Wolfgang Albert ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Green Revolution; Groundwater recharge; Water balance; Water management; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

CANAL WATER; CROPPING PATTERNS; GREEN REVOLUTION; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUND WATER TABLE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; IRRIGATED FIELDS; IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT; MONSOON SEASON; PRICING POLICY; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RICE-WHEAT CROPPING SYSTEMS; RISING WATER TABLE; SALT TOLERANT; SEMI-ARID REGION; SEMIARID AREA; STUDY AREAS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TUBEWELLS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; IRRIGATION; SOLVENTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP ROTATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RECHARGE; RICE; SEMIARID REGION; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE; WHEAT;

HARYANA; INDIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77954542944     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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