Citation:

Dr. Someshwar Narayan Babar, Dr. Kishor Prakash Bholane "Irrigation Development in Vaijapur Tehsil of Aurangabad District" International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 243-249, 2023.

Abstract:

To increase agricultural production in India irrigation pays vital role. The success of agriculture depends on the development of irrigation. India is not only facing the problem of development in water resources, but also their management in a sustainable manner. The need of the present day is to increase water efficiency in agriculture and to bring more land under irrigation, reduce the per acre cost of irrigation, and increase the output per acre inch of water. It can be achieved by modern irrigation methods like micro irrigation such as drip and sprinkler. The study has found that, the coverage area under drip irrigation method was highest as compared to sprinkler irrigation in Marathwada region as well as Aurangabad district. The study also found that the cropped area under cotton crop was highest and is followed by ginger, onion, maize, sweet lime (Mosambi), orange in Aurangabad district. In Marathwada region, the coverage area under micro irrigation is highest in Jalna district out of it coverage area under drip irrigation is highest as compared to the sprinkler irrigation in 2018-19.

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Keywords:

Irrigation, Coverage Area, Rainfall.