期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：5
页码：8868
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2016.0505320
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Today country is facing water scarcity problem on large scale.Increase in water scarcity causes so muchadverse effect on domestic,agriculture and commercial use. Due to decrease in rainfall and improper use of waterincrease in scarcity of water. Increase in demand side and decrease in supply causes due to improper management ofwater.Globally, fresh water at a tune of 3,240 M km3 is being utilized. Of this, 69% is being used in agriculture sector,8% in domestic, 23% in industrial and other sector. In India, around 88% water is being used in agriculture sector,covering around 85Mha area under irrigation. Due to liberalization of industrial policies and other developmentalactivities, the demand for water in industrial and domestic sectors is increasing day by day, which forces to reduce thepercentage area under irrigation. The growing demand from the population calls for more efforts to enhanceagricultural production. The horticulture sector has emerged as a promising area for diversification in agriculture onaccount of high income generation for unit area, water and other farm inputs and environmental friendly productionsystems.
