Rainwater Management and Conjunctive Use

Abstract

Rainwater Management And Conjunctive Use is observed that at present the water that is available is not utilized effectively to achieve maximum productivity in terms of food production. Food scarcity is a pressing problem in many countries of the globe. The problem is, however, particularly serious in less developed countries with low agricultural production combined with a fast growing population.

This can be done by the use of better viable and vigour seeds, development and cultivation of new improved crop varieties, use of proper fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides, better on-farm water management, better use of agricultural implements, provision of extension services, strengthening of the existing institutions and introduction of new socio-economic legal and organisational support together with proper implementation of suitable alternate policy regarding the conjunctive use of surface and groundwater.

Conclusion

In  many  regions  in  the  world  there  is  excess  precipitation  in  one  season  and  less  or  no precipitation in the rest of the year. This is especially true in the dry zones of Sri Lanka where during the monsoon period of about four months we get most of the rains and practically very minimal rain during the rest of the year. Surface storage is created to hold the excess water during monsoon for use in the non-monsoon seasons and supplementary irrigation for maha season.