Irrigated lowland rice production with continuous standing water (TPR) in the Indo-Gangetic
Plains of South Asia requires huge quantity of irrigation water input. Yield of wheat grown …

Climate change induced higher temperatures will increase crops' water requirements. Every
10° C increase in mean temperature, results in 7% decline in the yield of rice crop. Hence …

Competition among alternative uses for surface and ground water is beginning to affect the
agricultural sectors of many countries in this new century. As the largest agricultural …

Rice systems that increase production using less water are urgently needed, especially in
North West India where ground water is over-exploited. Replacing the traditional puddled …

Food security and water resources in Indian Punjab are under threat and there is a need to
produce more rice with less water. Therefore, an experiment was conducted at Ludhiana …

Saving water in irrigated agriculture is a high priority in areas with scarce water resources
and impacted by climate change. This paper presents results of measurements on water …

Individual effect of different field scale management interventions for water saving in rice viz.
changing date of transplanting, cultivar and irrigation schedule on yield, water saving and …

Rice being one of the biggest users of world's developed fresh water resources, the
agricultural scientists are facing a big challenge to improve its irrigation water productivity …

Innovations in water saving technologies are the foremost needs in today's rice production
as water has become the most limiting resource in agriculture. This study was conducted for …

Abstract System1 of Rice Intensification (SRI) developed in Madagascar 25 years ago is
gaining wider acceptance in many countries including India. SRI method claims to greatly …