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SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN 2004

SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN 2004. DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE KERALA. SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN. WHY? WHEN? WHERE? HOW?. SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN - WHY?. ONLY SOURCE OF CLEAN WATER IS RAIN WATER IRRIGATION IS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN CROP PRODUCTION DRINKING WATER BECAME SCARCE

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SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN 2004

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  1. SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN2004 DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE KERALA

  2. SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN • WHY? • WHEN? • WHERE? • HOW?

  3. SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN-WHY? • ONLY SOURCE OF CLEAN WATER IS RAIN WATER • IRRIGATION IS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN CROP PRODUCTION • DRINKING WATER BECAME SCARCE • RAIN IS A NATURAL SOURCE OF IRRIGATION • RAIN FALL IS RESTRICTED TO MERE 100 DAYS • RAIN WATER REACHES SEA WITHIN 48 HOURS • GROUND WATER STATUS IS FAST DEPLETING • CATCHMENT AREAS HAD BECOME UNCOVERED • CHANGING LIFE STYLE DOES’NT ALLOW WATER TO PERCOLATE • THIRD WORLD WAR WILL BE FOR WATER

  4. SAVE WATER CMPAIGN-WHEN? • DURING PRE MONSOON • DURING MONSOON • DURING RECEDENCE OF MONSOON

  5. SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN- WHERE ? • IN THE CATCHMENT AREAS • IN THE AYACUT AREAS • IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO ATTAIN WATER LITTERARACY

  6. HOW ?

  7. SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN-HOW? • SOIL CONSERVATION MEASURES • WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES • WATER MANAGEMENT MEASURES • CROP MANAGEMENT MEASURES

  8. SOIL CONSERVATION MEASURES • DIGGING OF PITS IN CATCHMENT AREA AND FARM • CONSTRUCTION OF CHECK DAMS AND/SUB-SURFACE DAMS • ADOPTION OF TERRACE CULTIVATION IN SLOPY LANDS • CONTOUR BUNDING • CONTOUR TRENCHING • ANY OTHER METHOD WHICH WILL HELP SOIL CONSERVATION

  9. WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES • CONSERVE FOREST • CONSERVE WATER CONSERVING STRUCTURES LIKE PONDS,PADDDY FIELD ETC; • ANY OTHER MEASURES WHICH WILL LEAD TO WATER CONSERVATION

  10. WATER MANAGEMENT MEASURES • INCREASING WATER USE EFFICIENCY • IRRIGATE DURING CRITICAL PERIODS ONLY • UTILISE NON-TOXIC WASTE WATER FOR IRRIGATION (SEWAGE MANAGEMENT) • PARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT (PIM)

  11. CROP MANAGEMENT MEASURES • CULTIVATION OF CROPS/VARIETIES ACCORDING TO THE MINIMUM WATER AVAILABILITY EXPECTED • ADDITION OF K TO WITHSTAND DROUGHT • SUMMER PLOUHING • MULCHING • ADOPTING HI-TECH PRACTICES

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