Sustainable Agriculture in Ganga Basin

The watercourse Ganga, coming out from the Himalayas through five states and stream drain into the Bay of Bengal through Sundarbans delta that pass through of more than 2500 km in the northern and eastern plains of India, possesses economic, social and cultural values and as one of the holiest rivers whose cultural and spiritual virtue rise above the boundaries of the basin. The mainstream of Ganga extends from Nepal, India and Bangladesh which accounts for 26% of the land, 30% of water and 43% of the population of India (Fig. 1).