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Weather Parameter Based Crop Planning in Tarai Region of Uttarakhand


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1 Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), India
2 Department of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), India
3 Department of Farm Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu Univesity, Varanasi (U.P.), India
     

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The major weather parameters like temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, wind speed and sunshine hour for a period of 43 years were collected and analyzed. This was done for crop planning and to develop an appropriate irrigation scheduling for different crops. The annual rainfall record indicated that in 40.47 per cent cases the normal rainfall (average ± 19%) was received in the study area, whereas, the per cent of below normal and above normal rainfall was found as 33.33 and 26.20 per cent, respectively. The highest PET was obtained in April and the lowest in December. The maximum net irrigation requirements for Rabi and Kharif season crops were found in February, March, April, June, September, October and November months. June to September months received the highest rainfall when the rainfall was received about 86 per cent of the total amount of annual rainfall. It appears that surplus rainfall (Rainfall>PET) during mid-June to August received and it can be harvested and use in high irrigation demand months.

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Rainfall, Probability Analysis, Irrigation Water Requirement, Crop Planning.
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Authors

Vivekanand
Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), India
Vinod Kumar
Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), India
Vijay Kumar Singh
Department of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), India
Bhaskar Pratap Singh
Department of Farm Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu Univesity, Varanasi (U.P.), India

Abstract


The major weather parameters like temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, wind speed and sunshine hour for a period of 43 years were collected and analyzed. This was done for crop planning and to develop an appropriate irrigation scheduling for different crops. The annual rainfall record indicated that in 40.47 per cent cases the normal rainfall (average ± 19%) was received in the study area, whereas, the per cent of below normal and above normal rainfall was found as 33.33 and 26.20 per cent, respectively. The highest PET was obtained in April and the lowest in December. The maximum net irrigation requirements for Rabi and Kharif season crops were found in February, March, April, June, September, October and November months. June to September months received the highest rainfall when the rainfall was received about 86 per cent of the total amount of annual rainfall. It appears that surplus rainfall (Rainfall>PET) during mid-June to August received and it can be harvested and use in high irrigation demand months.

Keywords


Rainfall, Probability Analysis, Irrigation Water Requirement, Crop Planning.

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