Towards sustainable agricultural water management

Abstract

For sustaining life on this planet, the food and water are the prime requirements without which any of the life forms area not able to survive. Over the period of time, the human society has started depending upon the assured food supplies for ensuring their sustenance. The components of the food basket be they animal products or crops, depend heavily upon the availability of water to sustain their biological processes for growth and maturity. Whenever we see disruption in the water supply due to natural or artificial causes like drought or nonprovision of water supply systems, we find the disruption in food supplies and enormous sufferings for the communities affected. Water being the key ingredient for sustenance of the biological processes in the plants, sustainability of the water supplies for agriculture has assumed great importance. With the increasing effects of climate change, this aspect will assume further importance in ensuring food security to the growing populations across the developing world.