Water Management for Field Crops (p. 153 - 156)

Gana K.

Abstract
Water supply for agricultural use has kept no pace neither with population growth nor with economic growth. And such new additional sources of water are becoming scarce and more expensive to development. This call for proper water management practices to enable utilisation of water without waste. Water management involves phases which include erosion control, drainage, irrigation, flood control and water resources development and conservation. Water management then becomes a necessity for individual national to meet the daily need of water for field crops production. The practice of water management include irrigation, drainage, flood and run off control. And also adoption of some land cultural practices and also use of remote sensing techniques to conserve water.

Key words:
water management, irrigation, crops, agriculture, farmers

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